Most Massachusetts voters oppose a measure on the November ballot to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law, according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and WCVB-TV, found that a total of 55 percent of registered voters said they would either definitely vote no on repealing recreational cannabis sales (40 percent) or would probably vote no (15 percent).
A total of 33 percent would either definitely vote yes (15 percent) or probably vote yes (18 percent), while 10 percent are undecided.
Three percent said they don’t understand the ballot question, which was described as proposing to “repeal the laws that legalize, regulate, and tax the retail sale of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts while allowing adults age 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana.”
No demographic group—including when broken down by political party, age, gender, race, education level or income—had majority support for the marijuana legalization rollback measure in the survey.
When asked separately whether they “believe that the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts has been positive or negative for the state,” a total of 55 percent percent of voters said the reform has either been very positive (26 percent) or
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