This is a root cause of dumbing down of America .....

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48. In general the older Cubans many of whom prospered

under Batista's authoritarian mafia-linked government and fled Castro have continued their support for right-wing authoritarianism in the US. Now that their grandchildren are old enough to vote a lot of the younger generation seem more middle of the road. The immigrants from South America, especially Venezuela and Argentina, and Nicaragua and Honduras, are often upper class and very right-wing. People from México and Guatemalan Mayans seem to be more recent working class arrivals and probably not able to vote.