President Barack Obama has vowed to keep pushing for new gun control measures and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the failed gun vote in the Senate was “just the beginning.” However, the latest Reason-Rupe national poll finds just 33 percent of Americans feel the “Senate should debate and vote […] Read more »
How Baby Boomers Became Pro-Pot Legalization
The debate over marijuana legalization tends to focus on seniors who use the drug for medicinal purposes. But—and with apologies to old people—what if the aging and the sick aren’t really the cohort that will wind up swaying undecideds on the issue? [cont.] Brian Fung, National Journal Recent polls: Marijuana Read more »
Make marijuana legal says a new poll, but reality is more smoky than that
Pew Research has found that a record high 52% of Americans believe marijuana should be legal. That’s up from 45% in 2011 and just 41% in 2010. The charge has been led by 18 to 29 year olds. So does that mean that weed is on its way to becoming […] Read more »
Majority Now Supports Legalizing Marijuana
For the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52% say that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45% say it should not. [cont.] Pew Recent polls: […] Read more »
Could Marijuana Initiatives Swing the Youth Vote in Future Elections?
A new wave of high-profile ballot measures – along with the demographic groups they resonate with most – seem to crop up every few election cycles. Conservatives long relied on heavy turnout from evangelicals when abortion, same-sex marriage and similar hot-button issues appeared on ballots. But now, in states introducing […] Read more »
Americans Want Federal Gov’t Out of State Marijuana Laws
Sixty-four percent of Americans are against the federal government’s taking steps to enforce federal anti-marijuana laws in states where marijuana is legal. Americans who personally believe that marijuana should be legal overwhelmingly say the federal government should not get involved at the state level, along with four in 10 of […] Read more »