A robust majority of Californians stay supportive of the state’s legalization of hashish, in accordance with a PPIC survey out this month, which discovered 64% of all adults within the state again the reforms. The extent of help marks a brand new excessive recorded by PPIC.
In 2010, PPIC discovered simply 47% of California residents backed adult-use hashish legalization.
The survey discovered a supermajority of Democrats (77%) and independents (76%) supported the reforms, which had been accredited by voters in 2016. Simply 42% of Republicans surveyed backed hashish legalization. A majority of people surveyed from all racial demographics additionally remained supportive, together with 76% of Black folks, 64% of Asian folks, 53% of Latino folks, and 71% of white folks.
Regardless of the vast majority of help, simply 56% of respondents favored adult-use hashish gross sales of their metropolis. In truth, hashish gross sales are banned 61% of the state’s cities and counties.
Most respondents, 61%, additionally indicated that hashish legalization is “largely a superb factor,” whereas 35% stated it was “largely a foul factor.” Californians aged 18-34 are extra possible than Californians 35 and older to have a optimistic view of the state’s legalization legislation (69%-58%). Moreover, the share of Californians who say that legalizing hashish was a superb factor will increase with training degree (49% help amongst these with solely a highschool training, 65% help amongst these with some faculty training, and 69% help amongst faculty graduates).
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