Survey claims Californians will not legalize

~Zen~ · Jul 13, 2010

While California's voters may be unwilling to legalize cannabis with the Prop 19's controversial tax and legalize proposal, they are willing to change the state constitution to allow a budget to be passed with a simple majority.

A Field Poll released today shows that efforts to legalize marijuana in California have lost ground since last year, and that state residents currently oppose Proposition 19 -- a November ballot initiative that would legalize and tax pot sales -- by a margin of 48 percent to 44 percent.

In April of last year, by contrast, about 56 percent of Californians told Field pollsters they supported legalizing marijuana.

"This number is not good," said Allen St. Pierre, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. "It certainly didn't warm the cockles of my heart to see 44." St. Pierre said the poor polling could also affect efforts to raise money for the pot-legalization campaign between now and November. "When it comes to fund-raising, if you don't have a '5' in your number ... that's not good," he said.

(St. Pierre added that he considers pot legalization in California a "fait accompli," and that even if Prop. 19 fails, "Californians are going to vote for legalizing marijuana at some juncture.")

The poll found that Prop. 19 has strong support in the nine counties that make up the Bay Area -- voters here favor the measure by a margin of 53 percent to 38 percent -- and that voters in Los Angeles County are evenly divided on it. Elsewhere in the state, the measure trails by six to 18 points.

The Field Poll also found that Proposition 25, which would allow the state legislature to pass a budget with a simple majority vote, rather than a two-thirds super-majority, is currently favored by most Californians. Some 65 percent of voters support the reform, while only 20 percent are opposed.
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junglejack · Jul 14, 2010

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7670

Older article- but it shows the progress over 2 or 3 yrs.
Although, slow its still progress

Boogabaah · Jul 14, 2010

propaganda to get people not to care or vote because they think "it's not gonna pass anyways"

don't believe everything the media tells you.

coolrayfruge · Jul 24, 2010

Its all about capitalism!
Hell I know pot growers in Humboldt county.
Most of them told me they don't want to see it legalized.
They wouldn't make as much as they do now!
Having the Feds cutting into their profits with all their registration fees and taxes. screw that!
And the feds have no real reason for not making marijuana legal.
Its a racket, flat out a abuse off power. The crime of the century.
the only reason why they want it illegal is
It gives these extortionist thugs the right to confiscate peoples property to auction off for their own personnal profits. .
The law is a excuse to strip away the American people of their constitutional rights,just as their tax laws does.

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