A majority of registered voters in all 50 states now favor making cannabis legal, according to state-level polling data from Civiqs. Support ranges from a low of 52% in North Dakota to a high of 81% in Vermont and Washington. More, via FiveThirtyEight:
already expressing their disapproval of the bill, this legislation is likely destined to suffer the same fate.
GOP lawmakers’ ongoing opposition to legalization is clearly at odds with the viewpoints of many Americans, as most voters now support legalizing marijuana for recreational use. But congressional Republicans are also increasingly out of step with their own rank-and-file members, as it’sthe most recent uptick in support for legalizing marijuana, according to polling from Civiqs.
To be sure, you can see in the chart above that Republicans are still much more likely than Democrats or independents to oppose marijuana legalization. But net support for legalizing marijuana also rose twice as much among Republicans as it did among Democrats and independents over the past four years. Since April 1, 2018, net support for legal cannabis increased by 11 percentage points and 13 points among Democrats and independents, respectively.
Other polling indicates solid GOP support for legalization, too. A 62 percent majority of Republicans surveyed by
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