The polls--trends: American attitudes toward Cuba

Following a brief chronology of relations between the US & Cuba since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, attitudes of the US general public toward Cuba since this time are analyzed longitudinally, drawing on data from several national polls conducted 1959-2000. Assessment includes general attitudes toward Castro & Cuba, the reestablishment of diplomatic & trade relations between the US & Cuba, US military interventions in Cuba, & the handling of the Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis situations by the John F. Kennedy administration. Perceptions of Cuba as a threat to the US & the 2000 Elian Gonzalez affair are also analyzed. 9 References. K. Hyatt Stewart