>From: "Craven, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [PEN-L:13345] FW: Gallup poll: Cubans support the revolution >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:37:28 -0800 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Louis Proyect [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 1:17 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Gallup poll: Cubans support the revolution > > >GALLUP POLL: Cubans Support the Revolution > >By Luis Martin > >Nov. 6, 1999 > >An independent, scientific survey conducted in Cuba in 1994 revealed that a >significant majority there believes the Revolution has yielded more >successes than failures. The great majority of Cubans also blamed the U.S. >economic sanctions -rather than the political system- for economic >difficulties. > >The interviews, conducted by Central American pollsters, canvassed 1,002 >Cubans over 75% of the national territory to represent over 70% of the >islands population. The poll was designed by the Miami Herald and >CID/Gallup, the Costa Rican affiliate of Gallup in Princeton, N.J. Needless >to say, the Miami Herald and Cuban exiles did not like the results and no >other poll of this kind has been conducted since. > >Asked what problems have been caused in Cuba by U.S. economic sanctions, >62% of those familiar with that law said it has created major problems for >Cuba, 24% said the usual problems and the remainder gave no response. >Followed responses also cited the U.S. blockade as the principal cause of >the island's economic problems. > >Although the second largest majority chose food shortages to be Cuba's most >serious problem, most said to be either completely or partly satisfied with >their present consumption. An overwhelming number of respondents also >indicated that they believe conditions will improve as a result of >government reforms. > >The pollsters also concluded from their findings that Cubans are in the >main are still willing to support their revolution. Fifty-eight percent >said they believe that the achievements of the Revolution -mainly education >and health care- far outweighed its failures. > >Responding to the question: "who would aid anyone who disagrees with the >government", the great majority said "nobody" and the smallest minority >chose "political dissidents". > >Among other significant findings: > >--A majority preferred economic and social equality over individual freedom >and an equal number chose government management of agriculture and industry >over private ownership. > >--The vast majority stated that racial discrimination is virtually >non-existent in Cuba. > >--Eighty percent were found to disagree with President Clinton's >termination of remittances from relatives in the U.S. and trips between the >two countries. > >--A large majority chose Cuban television and radio as providing the most >accurate news about Cuba and the world, over all foreign means of >communication including friends and family. > >--Ninety-one percent were found to be home owners and 86% of them had fully >paid their homes. > >--The overwhelming majority of Cubans considered Mexico as their best >friend and the U.S. as their worst. > >Responding to criticism from likely sources in Miami, Carlos Denton, >Director of CID/Gallup in Costa Rica, said in his analysis of the survey: >"We conducted the poll to our entire professional satisfaction. We were >able to do it because the people could care less whether we were authorized >or not, or what we asked." Denton added: "they were not afraid". > > >Louis Proyect > >(The Marxism mailing list: http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html) > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
