Jacob Ogles
Roughly 2 in 3 Florida voters plan to vote to legalize recreational pot in November.
That’s according to a new poll from the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL). That poll found higher support for Amendment 3, which would legalize marijuana use by adults age 21 and older, than for amendments on lifting abortion restrictions or for making School Board races partisan.
In total, about 66% in Florida support the measure, while 30% plan to vote against it. Just 4% of voters haven’t already made up their mind on the measure.
Florida law requires 60% of voters to support an amendment in order for it to become part of the state constitution. Even taking the poll’s 3.49-percentage-point margin of error into effect, the numbers show Amendment 3 on a smooth path to passage.
“After years of polling on marijuana in Florida, both medical and recreational, it is clear that the majority is in favor of legalization,” said Dr. Michael Binder, PORL faculty director at UNF. “Closing in on election day, despite some heavy campaigning, we’re seeing support for this amendment and is on track to exceed the 60% supermajority required to pass.”
Support has remained fairly level, even as both sides spent millions promoting or criticizing Amendment 3. Last November, PORL pollsters found about 67% of voters in Florida support legalizing recreational pot, almost the same level as today. Opposition has grown from 27% to 30% since then, but that doesn’t appear to have carved into support for the measure. In July, pollsters found support had dropped, but to 64%, still well above the threshold for passage, while opposition was at 31%.
Supporters of Amendment 3 cheered the polling data as affirmations messaging is sticking with voters.
“This poll is another welcome reminder that Amendment 3 is expansively supported and widely seen as the best path forward for Florida,” said Morgan Hill, spokesperson for Smart & Safe Florida, the campaign behind the ballot measure.
“Legalizing recreational adult use marijuana is good for the health, safety and individual freedom of Floridians, and we are energized to continue showing that to voters between now and Election Day.”
Compared to other controversial measures on the ballot, support for the weed measure appears on a different plane.
About 60% of voters intend to support Amendment 4, which would overturn recent abortion restrictions, with 32% opposed to that change. That puts that measure right at the threshold for passage.
Only 41% of voters support Amendment 1, which would make School Board elections partisan, while 30% plan to vote “no.”
Pollsters surveyed 977 voters from Oct. 7 through 18.
9 comments
Brian Kelly
October 21, 2024 at 9:07 am
Legalize federally now. What’s legal to possess and consume in over half of the populated areas of The United States should not make you a criminal in states still being governed by woefully ignorant prohibitionist politicians.
Cannabis consumers in all states deserve and demand equal rights and protections under our laws that are currently afforded to the drinkers of far more dangerous and deadly, yet perfectly legal, widely accepted, endlessly advertised and even glorified as an All-American pastime, alcohol.
Plain and simple!
Legalize Nationwide Federally Now!
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Cindy
October 22, 2024 at 11:10 am
Yep you can sit home smoke pot, run to the plaza eat out with your computer write down peoples personal information do lots of things because you are under supervised
Brian Kelly
October 21, 2024 at 11:51 am
States “rights” has become just a clever excuse, disguise and blanket authority being used for a very small minority of irrational prohibitionists to be able to criminalize everything that they personally don’t morally approve of. Same with abortion and even books that they don’t morally approve of, and they have the nerve to call it states “rights”.
The only “right” states rights provide is the right of a very small minority to criminalize anything they don’t morally approve of in their individual home states. It needs to end now! It’s like having 50 different countries with different laws instead of a “United” States.
States rights=Criminalization of the citizens by a very small lunatic fringe minority of irrational prohibitionists whom have self righteously appointed themselves as self deputized morality police over everyone else.
Brian Kelly
October 21, 2024 at 11:52 am
The “War on Cannabis” has been a complete and utter failure. It is the largest component of the broader yet equally unsuccessful “War on Drugs” that has cost our country over two trillion dollars.
Instead of The United States wasting Billions upon Billions more of our yearly tax dollars fighting a never ending “War on Cannabis”, lets generate Billions of dollars, and improve the deficit instead. Especially now, due to Covid-19. It’s a no brainer.
The Prohibition of Cannabis has also ruined the lives of many of our loved ones. In numbers greater than any other nation, our loved ones are being sent to jail and are being given permanent criminal records. Especially, if they happen to be of the “wrong” skin color or they happen to be from the “wrong” neighborhood. Which ruin their chances of employment for the rest of their lives, and for what reason?
Cannabis is much safer to consume than alcohol. Yet do we lock people up for choosing to drink?
Let’s end this hypocrisy now!
The government should never attempt to legislate morality by creating victim-less cannabis “crimes” because it simply does not work and costs the taxpayers a fortune.
Cannabis Legalization Nationwide is an inevitable reality that’s approaching much sooner than prohibitionists think and there is nothing they can do to stop it!
Legalize Nationwide Federally Now! Support Each and Every Cannabis Legalization Initiative!
Charles Stephen Victor Bilyue
October 21, 2024 at 12:18 pm
War Marijuana
Charles Stephen Victor Bilyue
October 21, 2024 at 12:26 pm
War Marijuana
Cindy
October 22, 2024 at 2:06 pm
I thought the war on drugs were going Great. Millions are dead from overdose
Edward Freeman
October 23, 2024 at 7:02 am
Most overdose deaths in the US are from the synthetic opioid, Fentanyl. It was first synthesized in 1958 but not widely used until about 2014. Fentanyl’s popularity was caused solely by the War on Drugs. After the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma created millions of new opioid addicts in the US with oxycontin, law enforcement and idiot legislatures in states like Florida simply cut off these addicts’ supply in the shortsighted hope that some miracle would suddenly cure these addicts. Instead, they turned to street drugs to replace their pharmaceutical dope. Since heroin has to be grown, processed, and smuggled halfway across the world, the supply could not be ramped up fast enough to meet this new law enforcement-driven demand. Fentanyl’s ease of manufacture and high potency make it easier to produce and smuggle, resulting in fentanyl replacing other opioids, such as heroin. The War on Drugs created the two most dangerous drugs now in wide use in the US Fentanyl and fake weed (sometimes called K2 or numerous other street names). Fake weed is used widely because users won’t fail drug tests using it, but while real weed has few dangers to adults, fake weed is often highly dangerous
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