In preparation to my Large-N-Scale design sketch, I have decided to focus my research American economic policy towards Cuba and its influence on the Cuban private market. Florida International University and their School of Public and International Affairs conduct a “Cuba Poll” every two to three years in which the University polls Cuban-Americans about topical questions about U.S.-Cuban Relations.[1] In this poll, I will focus on the on the indicator subsection researching the embargo and economic reforms. The sample size includes 1,000 randomly selected Cuban- Americans adults that reside in the Miami-Dade County, the county with the largest Cuban population in the United States.[2] This dataset would serve well in my research because it provides insight into the political shifts of Cuban Americans which would help draw correlations into U.S. policy towards Cuba.

This dataset includes results from 9 different years (2016, 2014, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2000, 1997, 1993) which vary in results and can be used to explore the sentiment of the Cuban-American population throughout different periods of time. There is already an interesting shift in Cuban-American support for U.S. continuing political dialogue between countries.[3] The data was represented through two sets of percentages, one data set which excludes all non-response and “doesn’t know” answers and one data set in which those results were included. The question on the poll is based on an Ordinal set of data using the Likert Scale method (strongly agree-strongly disagree).[4] There are several independent variables in which the data is broken down. Each result shows the age percentage, the year of the subjects left Cuba, whether they were born in Cuba, and whether they are registered to vote.[5]

From this collection of polls, I can use the results of the questions about Cuba-Americans feeling towards economic relations with Cuba and how that may correlate with U.S. economic and business policies towards Cuba. The limitations of this poll lie on the fact that it is only focused one region of the Cuban American population. This may skew the results depending on political ideologies, Miami-Dade is a historically Republican county.

[1] Guillermo Grenier and Hugh Gladwin, “FIU Cuba Poll” (FIU Steven Green School of International and Public Affairs, Varies).

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

Bibliography

Grenier, Guillermo, and Hugh Gladwin. “FIU Cuba Poll.” FIU Steven Green School of International and Public Affairs, Varies.