Another new poll is showing signs of trouble for a Florida marijuana legalization initiative that will appear on the November ballot—this one showing that fewer than 50 percent of voters currently intend to support the measure.
This is the second poll released in the last week showing insufficient support for approval. In order to pass on the ballot, the constitutional amendment needs to reach a high 60 percent threshold.
The latest survey from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Mainstreet Research found that a 47 percent plurality of voters back the cannabis initiative, compared to 35 percent opposed and 18 percent undecided.
A demographic breakdown shows that Democrats are more supportive of the reform (58 percent) than Republicans (39 percent), but even that percentage is relatively low for Democrats, who at the national level support legalization at 87 percent, according to a Gallup poll from last September.
Interestingly, the survey found that voters aged 35-49 are more strongly in favor of Amendment 3 (68 percent) compared to those between the ages of 18 and 34 (48 percent). Typically, legalization polling shows support skewing younger. Only 36 percent of voters over the age of 65 back the marijuana initiative.
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