Most Mainers favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use, poll finds
Source: Portland Press Herald
A majority of Maine voters favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to a new Portland Press Herald poll showing a groundswell of support among residents under age 50 and among those living in southern or coastal areas.
Roughly 53 percent of respondents in the newspapers statewide survey indicated they support a November ballot question that would add Maine to the growing list of states where marijuana is legal for adults. By comparison, 38 percent of participants opposed marijuana legalization Question 1 on the November ballot and 10 percent were undecided.
More than 60 percent of poll participants reported having tried marijuana at some point in their lives.
The poll of 505 likely voters was conducted for the newspaper by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center between Sept. 15 and 20. The survey has a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
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Prediction - if the passes LePutin will pitch a hissy and do something to prevent it from going on the books.
elleng
(131,253 posts)but would like to hear what folks think, how does this relate to Mainers' selection of that awful guy for governor?
vdogg
(1,384 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Most of the liberals I know support legalization, but they do not partake. Most of the Trump voters I know are pot smokers.
YMMV
mainer
(12,034 posts)And those are the same folks who oppose LePage.
Northern/Central Maine opposes MJ legalization and supports LePage.
As usual, it's the RW that's against civil liberties.
Nitram
(22,932 posts)Most is more like 90% or more. Perhaps the writer meant "a majority" or a "plurality?"