There is widespread and strong support for ballot measures that would legalize marijuana in California and enact stronger gun control measures in the Golden State, a new Field Poll found.
It’s the strongest backing for marijuana legalization ever recorded by the Field Poll, which has been tracking public opinion on the drug for more than five decades.
The last time marijuana legalization was on the California ballot, in 2010, the Field Poll reported that an even 50 percent of likely voters supported the measure; Proposition 19 ultimately failed by just 7 points.
Both of this year’s cannabis and gun control measures enjoy support from 60 percent of likely voters polled online between Sept. 7 and Sept. 13 by the Field Poll and Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley.