A majority of Florida voters say they support a marijuana legalization initiative that will appear on the November ballot—but not enough to reach the steep 60 percent threshold for passage under the state Constitution, according to a new poll.
The USA Today/Ipsos survey that was released on Saturday found that 56 percent of Florida registered voters and 49 percent of Floridia adults overall back the cannabis measure.
There’s been a mix of polling over the last year on the marijuana legalization initiative, with certain surveys signaling that there is enough support for approval. But this is the first to come out since the Florida Supreme Court cleared the measure for the ballot after rejecting the state attorney general’s constitutional challenge.
The poll, first reported by The Tallahassee Democrat, found that support for the proposal is strongest among Democrats (69 percent), followed by independents (63 percent) and Republicans (39 percent).
A regional breakdown shows that central Florida residents are more likely (54 percent) to back the measure than those in north or south Florida (49 percent and 38 percent, respectively).
Ipsos said it was also notable that “Floridians in Broward County or Palm Beach County are more likely than those in
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