Majority of Americans support normalizing relations with Cuba - poll

U.S.-made vintage convertible cars are parked beside the Capitol Building in Havana May 15, 2013. Tourists can enjoy a 30-minute tour of Havana in a convertible for around $30. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

MIAMI (Reuters) - A strong majority of Americans - and an even greater percentage of Floridians - support normalizing relations with Cuba, according to a poll released on Tuesday by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank.

In an apparent boost to efforts to end the half-century-old economic embargo against Cuba, the poll found that 56 percent of respondents nationally favoured changing U.S. Cuba policy, a number that rose to 63 percent when just counting Florida residents.