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Delaware Voters Strongly Support Marijuana Legalization Despite Governor’s Veto, Poll Finds

A strong majority of Delaware voters support legalizing marijuana—including nearly three in four Democrats who back the reform that the state’s Democratic governor vetoed earlier this year.

The survey from the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication, which was released on Thursday, found that 60 percent of registered voters said that marijuana use “should be legal,” compared to 30 percent who say it shouldn’t and 10 percent who are undecided.

Support for legalization was highest among Democrats (73 percent), followed by independents (70 percent) and Republicans (40 percent). There was also majority support for the reform among every age demographic surveyed, except those 65 and older, a plurality of about 50 percent of whom back the policy change.

Via University of Delaware.

“Two-thirds of Delawareans say they support the legalization of marijuana,” the university center’s research director Phil Jones told Delaware Public Media. “That’s without restrictions so not just medical marijuana or for specific cases. This is just legalizing it in full, and so the gubernatorial candidates have an issue here that they can pick up on.”

“This is an issue that a big majority of Delawareans support, and is an obvious place to go looking for votes, as

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