Old Guard Are Reliable Voters, and Organized
Ozzie Guillen’s apology for praising Fidel Castro and the Miami Marlins’ decision to suspend him reaffirmed the enduring influence of passionate anti-Castro Cubans there. But this furor does not reflect Cuban Americans’ monolithic attitudes toward the island. The most hard-line voices in Miami, largely the older generaion, may be the loudest and most firmly established, but they are no longer the most numerous, as reflected in repeated polls over the last several years.