Most Massachusetts voters are not planning to support an initiative on the November ballot to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law, according to two new polls—results that come as the editorial board of the state’s largest newspaper is also opposing the measure.
A survey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and WCVB-TV that was released on Monday found that the anti-cannabis proposal has support from just 31 percent of voters, including 16 percent who say they will definitely vote yes and 15 percent who say they will probably vote yes. That’s compared to 47 percent who say they will definitely vote no and 14 percent who say they will probably vote no.
The marijuana legalization rollback initiative has less support in the poll than any of the eight other measures that will appear on next month’s ballot.
“Supporters of repealing legal marijuana sales face a steep uphill climb,” Raymond La Raja, professor of political science at UMass Amherst and co-director of the poll, said. “A decade after legalization, Massachusetts voters show little appetite for going back, as 61% say they would vote no on repealing recreational marijuana sales, and 47% say they would definitely vote no.”
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