With less than a month until Election Day, a South Dakota marijuana legalization initiative is still trailing in the second of two recent public polls, with a new survey finding that a slim plurality of voters are opposed to the measure.
But the campaign South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) says it isn’t deterred. Activists announced on Wednesday that they’re launching a 10-day statewide tour to register voters and educate the electorate about the initiative.
According to the survey from South Dakota State University that was released on Thursday, that effort could prove critical. It found that 45 percent of voters back the legalization proposal, while 47 percent said that they’re against it and eight percent remain undecided.
This is the second poll showing most South Dakotans opposed to the initiative, despite the fact that 54 percent of voters approved adult-use legalization at the ballot in 2020, only to have that measure invalidated by the courts following a legal challenge led by Gov. Kristi Noem (R).
The latest survey showed a sizable partisan divide on the issue, with 71 percent of Democrats in favor of the reform and 68 percent of Republicans against it. Fifty-one percent of independents back
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