Cuban-American

For the most part the two candidates are battling over the issue that is near and dear to Cuban-American voters: Cuba itself.

Stewart J. Lawrence: Latino Diversity on Display in Florida's GOP Primary Stewart J. Lawrence 2012

There also is continuing criticism, especially from Cuban-American lawmakers, of administration policy on Cuba.

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Romney won in Florida backed by Cuban-American Republican leaders like brothers, Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a congressman and an ex-congressman respectively, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Maribel Hastings: The Cuban Vote and the Latino Vote: Not the Same Thing, and Not the Same Size Maribel Hastings 2012

For the most part the two candidates are battling over the issue that is near and dear to Cuban-American voters: Cuba itself.

Stewart J. Lawrence: Latino Diversity on Display in Florida's GOP Primary Stewart J. Lawrence 2012

Of course, making Rubio a VP candidate will secure for the GOP the Cuban-American vote in Miami-Dade County-- but it has been Republican all along.

Gabriel Lerner: The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd Gabriel Lerner 2012

Even Republican strategist and analyst Alex Castellanos declared last night on CNN that the primary in Florida which was limited to registered Republicans was dominated by Cuban-American voters, but now the process moves to states in the West, where It's a very different story.

Maribel Hastings: The Cuban Vote and the Latino Vote: Not the Same Thing, and Not the Same Size Maribel Hastings 2012

But the Romney campaign would be making a big mistake to think that its triumph in Florida, with the support of Cuban and Cuban-American voters, means it has the national Latino vote on its side-especially without changing the candidate's immigration positions.

Maribel Hastings: The Cuban Vote and the Latino Vote: Not the Same Thing, and Not the Same Size Maribel Hastings 2012

In Florida the issue of immigration wasn't predominate in a Republican primary where the central voters were Cuban and Cuban-American, concentrated primarily in Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

Maribel Hastings: The Cuban Vote and the Latino Vote: Not the Same Thing, and Not the Same Size Maribel Hastings 2012

Of course, making Rubio a VP candidate will secure for the GOP the Cuban-American vote in Miami-Dade County-- but it has been Republican all along.

Gabriel Lerner: The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd Gabriel Lerner 2012

Republican political experts and pundits say,former Governor Mitt Romney may try to mollify Latino voters by choosing Cuban-American U.S. Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate.

Jim Gonzalez: "El Paisano Mitt Romney" A Bizarre Hypocrisy Jim Gonzalez 2012