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jpak

(41,758 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:23 PM Sep 2016

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 newspaper’s 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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Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/2016/09/26/most-mainers-favor-legalizing-marijuana-poll-finds/



Prediction - if the passes LePutin will pitch a hissy and do something to prevent it from going on the books.
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Most Mainers favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use, poll finds (Original Post) jpak Sep 2016 OP
I almost want to laugh, elleng Sep 2016 #1
And the fact that they may vote for Trump... vdogg Sep 2016 #2
Right. elleng Sep 2016 #3
MJ lowers your inhibitions and makes you more suggestible? FrodosPet Sep 2016 #4
Different groups. Southern/coastal Mainers want MJ legalized mainer Sep 2016 #5
53% is not "most" Nitram Sep 2016 #6
With their governor not surprising whistler162 Sep 2016 #7

elleng

(130,905 posts)
1. I almost want to laugh,
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:24 PM
Sep 2016

but would like to hear what folks think, how does this relate to Mainers' selection of that awful guy for governor?

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
4. MJ lowers your inhibitions and makes you more suggestible?
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 07:01 PM
Sep 2016

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

(12,022 posts)
5. Different groups. Southern/coastal Mainers want MJ legalized
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 07:16 PM
Sep 2016

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

(22,801 posts)
6. 53% is not "most"
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:40 AM
Sep 2016

Most is more like 90% or more. Perhaps the writer meant "a majority" or a "plurality?"

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