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Old 11-04-2020, 12:19 AM   #1378
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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel View Post
Talk about voting against your own interests.
A lot of Cubans in the U.S. are descendants from supporters of Fulgencio Batista who was right-wing, pro-American dictator. They were from the elite class that was persecuted by the Communists and had their wealth removed.

The Republicans were traditionally harder on Cuba's communist regime because a lot of wealthy Americans also lost their Cuban holdings, therefore many Cuban Americans were brought up to support the Republicans.
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