Legal Commentary

I Got Polled Last Night

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

A pollster called last night, wanting to speak to the “youngest male in the household who is over 18.” Which turns out to be me.

All the questions were about relations with Cuba — should we allow relatives to travel, everyone to travel, relatives to send remittances, foster cultural exchanges etc. The only two somewhat surprising questions were at the end: Would support for relaxing the embargo make me more likely to vote for a Congressional candidate? And, which is more important, the Cuba issue or health care, education and the economy?

They never tell you who sponsored the poll, so I don’t know if this was for a news organization, or — it seems much less likely it being so early — for someone thinking of running for Congress in 2010.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).