Record-high support for legalizing marijuana use in U.S.
Majority of Republicans now support legalizing marijuana
Gallup (US)
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal. This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement. Democrats and independents have historically been much more likely than Republicans to say marijuana should be legalized. In 2009, Democrats were the first partisan group to see majority support for legalization, followed by independents in 2010. This year for the first time, a majority of Republicans express support for legalizing marijuana; the current 51% is up nine percentage points from last year.
