A new poll is casting doubt on whether a Missouri marijuana legalization ballot initiative will succeed this November, with a plurality of voters saying they oppose the proposed constitutional amendment. But the campaign behind the reform says the results should be interpreted with a large grain of salt.
While advocates say they remain confident that they will prevail, the survey from the Remington Research Group and Missouri Scout found that just 43 percent of likely voters favor the specific initiative.
Prior polling has found strong majority support for the general concept of adult-use legalization among Missourians. But for this survey, the pollsters provided specific details about the contents of the measure, including the proposed tax structure and expungements provisions. A 47 percent plurality said they were against the initiative, with 10 percent saying they weren’t sure.
The results found that a majority of Democrats are in favor of the reform measure, at 57 percent. But the support drops down to 49 percent for independents and just 30 percent for Republicans.
Via Remington/MOScout.
If the polling results are accurate, Legal Missouri 2022 would need to see a significant shift in voter sentiment to reach the simple majority threshold required for the
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