Republican support for marijuana legalization has reached a record high nationally, according to new survey data from Gallup. But while a majority of voters in both major parties back the reform, a partisan divide has widened over the past two decades as Democrats have been even quicker to embrace the issue.
A majority of Democrats (83 percent) and Republicans (55 percent) both back ending cannabis prohibition, the poll shows. That’s two percentage points higher for Democrats and four percentage points higher for Republicans compared to Gallup’s 2022 survey, reflecting a more rapid uptick among GOP respondents in the past year even as the longer-term trend has put Democrats well ahead on the issue.
The 28 percentage point difference in Republican and Democratic opinion on marijuana reform represents a larger divide than was he case two decades ago when support was under 50 percent for both parties.
Via Gallup.
This is consistent with a broader trend that Gallup identified in a new report published on Monday that shows how partisan gaps have widened on a variety of issues, including those where there’s still majority support across party lines. Marijuana legalization still sees a smaller divide compared to many of the other
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