Days after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) listed marijuana legalization as among his top priorities for the 2025 legislative session, a newly published survey suggests the reform would be welcomed by voters in rural parts of the state. Nearly two thirds (65 percent) said they support legalizing cannabis.
The poll, from the conservative nonprofit Institute for Reforming Government and the State Policy Network, asked 541 voters from rural counties in Wisconsin about a range of policy issues. Separately, pollsters also conducted an online qualitative study, asking 15 voters of various political affiliations about their policy views.
Broadly speaking, rural voters in the state have “a desire for less government, more economic opportunity, and freedom to pursue the life they seek,” the report concludes, adding: “Perhaps contrary to what we may stereotypically think, it means rural voters are open to legalizing cannabis and want the freedom to make personal decisions even on issues like abortion.”
Authored by Erin Norman, senior director of strategic communications at State Policy Network, the report says of marijuana legalization that “this once liberal position is now a majority opinion in the state.”
“Attitudes about legalizing marijuana are more liberal than one might expect from a generally
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