Americans overwhelmingly believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would be more beneficial for the U.S. cannabis industry if elected president than former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll released on Thursday. Even Republican voters are largely split between the two candidates in terms of which one they believe would be better for marijuana businesses.
Overall, 45 percent of respondents said the cannabis industry would do better if Harris were elected next week, while just 16 percent believed Trump would be more of a boon to the sector, according to the new YouGov poll of 1,129 U.S. adult citizens conducted last week. Meanwhile 26 percent said they weren’t sure who would better aid the industry, and 13 percent said they felt the two candidates were about equal on the issue.
By party identification, Democrats are broadly confident in Harris, with nearly two-thirds (65 percent) saying she’d be better for the cannabis industry and just 4 percent saying Trump would. Republicans were divided, however, with 31 percent saying Trump would be better, while 30 percent said Harris actually would be.
Of the 20 industries asked about in a recent survey, majorities of Democrats think 16 of the industries would
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