Americans today seem to agree on less and less, but one issue in Miami-Dade County appears to unite local voters: They don’t want Donald Trump’s presidential library at Miami Dade College (MDC).
A whopping 74% of respondents to a new poll say a 2.6-acre parcel targeted for the facility in the heart of Miami, which both MDC and the Florida Cabinet approved for a future Trump library, should instead stay with the college for possible expansion.
Just 14% said the state should take the land to honor Trump with a publicly accessible archive of writings. Twelve percent said they aren’t sure how they feel.
Naturally, Republicans are warmer to the idea, with 59% supporting a Trump library on state-acquired MDC land compared to 29% who oppose it.
Ninety-four percent of Democrats are against the plan, and 69% of third- and no-party voters feel the same.
Miami-based Bendixen & Amandi International surveyed 600 registered Miami-Dade voters by phone and online Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Pollsters weighted results to reflect the demographic and political composition of the county’s registered voter population.
The poll had a 4-percentage point margin of error at the 95% confidence level. Twenty-eight percent of respondents were under 40, while 25% were 65 or older.
The results of the lengthy survey’s Trump library query comes at a time of worsening approval for America’s 45th and 47th President in a county that went red in November.
As of this month, 46% of Miami-Dade voters approve of the job Trump is doing compared to 49% who disapprove. Support among Republicans remains resolute, with 90% reporting themselves overwhelmingly or somewhat supportive of him.
Democrats are near unanimous in their opposition to the President, with 71% saying they strongly disapprove of him. Independents also lean negative, with 61% disapproving compared to 27% who approve.
But support among the county’s Cuban American population may be eroding. Two weeks before the General Election this past November, a Florida International University poll found 68% of Cubans planned to vote for Trump. According to Bendixen & Amandi’s poll last week, 59% of Cubans now approve of him, compared to 38% who disapprove.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, may also be slightly underwater, with 47% approval and 48% disapproval. But that differential is well within the poll’s margin of error.
Conversely, approval of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is notably strong, with nearly twice as many voters (54%) reporting that they are happy with the job she’s doing than unhappy (28%).
Levine Cava, who won re-election to a second and final term as Mayor by a landslide last year, enjoys across-the-board support, with 64% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans approving of her work. Among independents, 44% approve and 26% disapprove.
