A new poll from the Florida Chamber of Commerce finds that marijuana legalization maintains majority support in the state—but still not at a high enough level for a reform proposal to be enacted at the ballot under state law as advocates work to put the issue before voters again in the 2026 election.
According to the survey from the organization—which actively opposed a 2024 adult-use cannabis ballot initiative—53 percent of likely voters in the state now back legalization.
That’s a lower percentage compared to the vote results of last year’s election, where 56 percent of voters supported the cannabis measure. The Chamber of Commerce claims this is evidence of a “failure to build momentum” for the reform.
“This is the sixth consecutive poll from the Florida Chamber indicating this potential amendment remains short of the 60 percent threshold required for passage” of a constitutional amendment,” it said. “The lack of support from Floridians over the past two years comes despite more than $150 million being spent to try and pass the amendment during the 2024 election, over $145 million of which came from Florida’s largest medicinal marijuana provider.”
“This failure to build momentum for the amendment in polling displays that
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