A new poll shows that a strong majority of North Carolina adults support legalizing marijuana—both for recreational and medical purposes—including majorities of Republicans, Democrats and independents.
The new poll released on Friday, conducted by SurveyUSA for WRAL and WSOC, found that 63 percent of respondents want to legalize recreational marijuana. Twenty-six percent said adult-use cannabis should remain against the law and another 11 percent said they are not sure.
The is majority support for broad recreational marijuana legalization across party lines, with 73 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of independents on board. There is also backing for the reform across all age groups, except for people over 65, who are spilt 42 percent to 42 percent.
“Opposition to legalization does not exceed 44% and does not outweigh support for legalization among any demographic subgroup,” the polling memo says.
Meanwhile, a separate question in the survey shows that there is even stronger support in the state for medical cannabis. Seventy-four percent said it should be legalized, 15 percent said it should stay prohibited and 11 percent said they aren’t sure.
Like with recreational legalization, medical use enjoys support across partisan lines, with 83 percent of Democrats,
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