More good news… :horns up

http://www.marijuana.com/news/2015/04/support-for-legalization-in-more-swing-states

A new poll released Tuesday shows strong support for marijuana law reform in three key presidential swing states.

The survey from Quinnipiac University shows that majorities of voters in Virginia and Colorado support legalization and that Iowa voters are split 47 percent to 47 percent on ending prohibition. Huge majorities in all three states support medical cannabis.

Here are the overall levels of support in each state:

    Colorado

    Medical Marijuana: 89 percent – 8 percent

    Legalization: 62 percent – 34 percent

    Iowa

    Medical Marijuana: 87 percent – 11 percent

    Legalization: 47 percent – 47 percent

    Virginia

    Medical Marijuana: 86 percent – 11 percent

    Legalization: 54 percent – 41 percent

Support for legalization in Colorado appears to have jumped significantly since 55 percent of voters approved Amendment 64 in 2012.

Democrats are strongly in favor of legalization, with 77 percent in Colorado, 62 percent in Iowa and 68 percent in Virginia supporting an end to prohibition.

The Iowa data in particular, combined with the fact that overall support for legalization in the state is up six points from a year ago, could influence Hillary Clinton to consider endorsing an end to prohibition, or at least spur her to more vocally support the right of states to implement their own marijuana policies without federal interference. The state will hold the first-in-the-nation party nominating contest in early 2016.

To date, Clinton is the only declared candidate for the Democratic nomination, but drug policy reform supporters like former U.S. Senator Jim Webb and former U.S. Senator and Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee have said they are considering entering the race.

On the Republican side, U.S. Senator Rand Paul is actively leading efforts to change federal marijuana laws in Congress. If he and Clinton end up emerging as the two major party nominees, his positions and the overall voter support for legalization and medical marijuana may force the Democrat to endorse key marijuana reforms.

The new survey comes just a week after another Quinnipiac poll showed support for legalization and medical marijuana in three other swing states — Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.

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