Just weeks before Election Day, recreational marijuana initiatives appear to be trending favorably in the latest polls.
“Marijuana legalization is leading in every state it’s on the ballot this November,” Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post marijuana policy reporter tweeted Tuesday.
The latest approval percentages he referenced — Arizona at 50 percent, California at 60 percent, Maine and Massachusetts at 53 percent, and Nevada at 57 percent — aligned with poll data published in a rundown published Tuesday by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a pro-marijuana lobbying organization.
Below are quick snapshots of how the statewide recreational marijuana initiatives are polling in their respective states, according to information published by news outlets and pollsters, and compiled by NORML and Ballotpedia.
Arizona: An Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll showed that 50 percent of voters surveyed in late August were in favor of recreational measure Proposition 205, 40 percent opposed and 10 percent were undecided. (Sample size: 784, margin of error plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, according to Ballotpedia, which also references other previously published polls).
California: The Public Policy Institute of California’s September 2016 survey showed that 60 percent of roughly 1,700 voters polled would vote for Proposition 64. Of those surveyed, 36 percent were opposed and 4 percent were undecided. (Sample size: 1,702, margin of error plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, according to Ballotpedia, which also references other previously published polls).
Maine: The Portland Press Herald reported last week that 53 percent of surveyed voters would vote for recreational marijuana in the state, another 38 percent would vote against Question 1 and close to 10 percent were undecided in the poll published in conjunction with the University of New Hampshire. (Sample size: 505, margin of error plus or minus 4.3 percentage points, according to Ballotpedia, which also references other previously published polls).
Massachusetts: Marijuana-legalizing Question 4 was favored by 53 percent of likely voters in Massachusetts, according to a poll conducted and released last week by WBZ-TV, WBZ NewsRadio and UMass Amherst. Of the 700 voters surveyed, 40 percent said they would vote against the measure and another 7 percent were unsure. (Sample size: 700, margin of error plus or minus 4.3 percentage points, according to the pollsters. Ballotpedia, which does not reference last week’s poll, has a selection of other polls for the measure recorded this spring and summer).
Nevada: Question 2, the recreational marijuana measure is favored by 57 percent of voters in last week’s poll by Suffolk University. The poll found that 33 percent opposed the measure and 10 percent were unsure. (Sample size: 500, margin of error plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, according to Ballotpedia, which references other previously published polls).
Marijuana legalization is leading in every state it’s on the ballot this November. Latest polls:
AZ: 50%
CA: 60%
MA: 53%
ME: 53%
NV: 57%— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) October 3, 2016