Strange Bedfellows: Dems, GOP Increasingly Agree on Pot
By John Persinos
In today's polarized political environment, Americans can't seem to agree on, well, anything. But there's one topic that's causing U.S. voters of all stripes to meet in the middle and shake hands: marijuana.
Weed used to be a radicalizing topic, notable for sharply divergent viewpoints. Not anymore.
A majority of likely voters in the U.S. support legalizing marijuana in all 50 states, according to a new poll. Significantly, the poll was taken by a Republican pollster, the Tarrance Group.
The survey results confirmed the established fact that Democrats tend to be more in favor of cannabis, but what's striking is the growing number of Republican converts to the cause of marijuana legal reform. The culture wars aren't engulfing marijuana.
The Tarrance Group survey, released last week, found that 57% of respondents approve of nationwide cannabis legalization, including 35% who reported that they "strongly" support the policy change.
Democrats were generally the most supportive of the reform, with 67% of voters in the party saying they back coast-to-coast legalization. Seventy-four percent of Democrats under 55 said the same.
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