Another pair of polls shows majority support for a Florida marijuana legalization initiative that will be on the November ballot—but just one of them found there’s enough support to meet the 60 percent threshold for passage under state law.
A Suffolk University/USA TODAY/WSVN-TV Poll released on Tuesday showed 63 percent of likely voters back the cannabis measure, which is roughly consistent with other recent surveys.
There was majority support across party lines, with 73 percent of Democrats, 69 percent of independents and 51 percent of Republicans in favor of the proposed reform. Each age demographic surveyed also agreed that the legalization initiative should be approved.
The survey involved interviews with 500 likely voters from August 7-11, with a 4.4 percentage point margin of error.
The other poll from Florida Atlantic University and Mainstreet Research USA, meanwhile, puts support at 56 percent, falling short of what’s be required to pass a constitutional amendment.
That survey was based on interviews 1,055 registered voters from August 10-11, with a three percentage point margin or error.
In general, polls that look at likely voters tend to more accurately reflect the potential outcome in elections. Not all registered voters will make it to the ballot,
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