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(28,270 posts) Wed Oct 5, 2016, 05:11 PM Oct 2016

Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November [View all]

Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November
By Christopher Ingraham October 5 at 6:00 AM

Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot.

This is something of a reversal from just a month ago, when the most recent polling had shown voters wary of legalization measures in Massachusetts and Arizona. But the margins of support aren't huge in any state, meaning that the contests could still swing either way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/05/marijuana-legalization-is-leading-in-every-state-where-its-on-the-ballot-this-november/

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Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November [View all] workinclasszero Oct 2016 OP

This issue might help us win AZ at the presidential level. LonePirate Oct 2016 #1

K&R!!!! Some of the ads against it are horrifying and filled with endless lies. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2016 #2

KICK AND REC AND REC AND KICK Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #3

57% support in Nevada for recreational legalization on the ballot next month rollin74 Oct 2016 #4

Recent Polls Show Growing Support for Medical Marijuana Legalization in Florida RKP5637 Oct 2016 #5

I saw the Florida add yesterday onethatcares Oct 2016 #32

Many Americans can't think for themselves anymore. Some see an ad and think it's the gospel RKP5637 Oct 2016 #35

California looks pretty good. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #6

Ca is the big one Calculating Oct 2016 #7

Legalize it !!! Cakes488 Oct 2016 #8

You know what's funny? Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #9

Let it go. Gay folk were told that we were responsible for Gore's loss. yardwork Oct 2016 #11

Oh, I'm not bitter. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #12

And I remember your support! yardwork Oct 2016 #13

... Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #15

Good. I hope they vote for Hillary while they're at the polls. yardwork Oct 2016 #10

I suspect in California, where prominent Democrats like Gavin Newsom are on board, it won't be a Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #14

Americans are very puritanical in many ways. yardwork Oct 2016 #16

Abso-frikkin-lutely. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #23

Absolutely true! America has a lot of people with stupid inane puritanical leanings, and RKP5637 Oct 2016 #36

Cultural lag Calculating Oct 2016 #17

There is a whole economy based on keeping it illegal. People too stupid all these years to see that lonestarnot Oct 2016 #18

That's correct. Legalizing cannabis means fighting Big Pharma, the prison industry, LEO suppliers TeamPooka Oct 2016 #20

It's Uuge. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #27

What will swing it, for a lot of people, is the math on the legalization side. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #22

Yes that. Judges, prosecutors, probation officers, half way houses, drug programs, court ordered lonestarnot Oct 2016 #24

sure, although I know a lot of people in the treatment field who are strongly against prohibition. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #25

I think many who were once opposed have seen the light. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #26

What's funny (although I'm not, actually, that surprised) is that in CA some of the most heated Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #28

Interesting isn't it. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #29

I think you're right. It's weird. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #21

Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #19

Living in Colorado, I can tell you: There's not a down side. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2016 #30

Same with Oregon. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #31

I read somewhere that marijuana use among teens in CO Laffy Kat Oct 2016 #34

Yeah Calculating Oct 2016 #37

Just make sure Gary Johnson doesn't say anything Retired George Oct 2016 #33

K&R Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #38

Great news, Thanks for the update. sarcasmo Oct 2016 #39