Cuba Business Bureau/Insider Advantage Poll
*Conducted April 15, 2010 – Nationwide
Q: Should the U.S. re-establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba?
- Support full relations – 58%
- Oppose full relations – 33%
- No opinion – 9%
Q: Should the U.S. allow all U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba?
- Allow travel to Cuba: 61%
- Prohibit travel to Cuba: 25%
- No opinion: 14%
Q: Should the U.S. allow American companies to do business in Cuba?
- Allow business: 57%
- Prohibit business: 30%
- No opinion: 13%
BBC World News America/Harris Poll
*Conducted January 13-15, 2010 – Nationwide
Adults surveyed who would like to visit Cuba:
- 38% overall
- 30% 55 and older
- 39% between 45 and 54
- 46% between 35 and 44
- 43% between 18 and 34
Other survey findings:
- 75% say the relationship with Cuba is important.
- 57% say there are missed opportunities for U.S. business
Orbitz.com/Ipsos Poll
*Conducted April 23-27, 2009 – Nationwide
- 67% of Americans would support a policy that allows all Americans to travel to Cuba.
- 72% agree that expanding travel and tourism from the U.S. to Cuba would have a positive impact on the day-to-day lives of the Cuban people.
- 32% of Americans strongly support such a policy that would allow all Americans to travel to Cuba.
- 23% say that they would oppose lifting these restrictions for Americans traveling to Cuba (only 13% would strongly oppose it).
Washington Post/ABC News Poll
*Conducted April 21 – 24, 2009 – Nationwide
Q: Do you think the U.S. Government should or should not end its travel restrictions, and allow U.S. citizens to visit Cuba and Cubans to visit the United States?
- Should – 55%
- Should not – 40%
- No Opinion – 5%
Gallup Poll
*Conducted April 20-21, 2009 – Nationwide
Q: Apart from their diplomatic relations, do you favor or oppose the United States government ending its restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba?
- Favor lifting travel ban – 64%
- Oppose lifting travel ban – 27%
- No opinion – 9%
Bendixen Poll
*Conducted April 14-16, 2009 – Cuban-Americans only
Q: Do you favor or oppose all American citizens being able to travel to Cuba?
- 67% favor
- 29% oppose
CNN/Opinion Research Poll
*Conducted April 3-5, 2009 – Nationwide
- 64 percent thought the U.S. government should allow citizens to travel to Cuba.
- 71 percent of those polled said that the U.S. should reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba, while 27 percent opposed such a move.
World Public Opinion (WPO) Poll
*Conducted March 25 – April 6, 2009 – Nationwide
Q: Do you think, in general, American’s:
- Should be free to visit Cuba. – 70%
- Republicans – 62%
- Democrats – 77%
- Independents – 66%
- Should continue to be prohibited from visiting Cuba – 28%
- Republicans – 37%
- Democrats – 20%
- Independents – 32%
- Refused/Don’t know – 2%
Q: If there is increasing travel and trade between Cuba and the United States, do you think it is more likely that:
- This will strengthen the communist regime in Cuba – 26%
- Republicans – 38%
- Democrats – 16%
- Independents – 28%
- This will lead Cuba in a more open and democratic direction – 71%
- Republicans – 59%
- Democrats – 80%
- Independents – 69%
- Refused/Don’t know – 3%
