Despite a similar measure going down in 2014, a new poll shows Florida voters back a state constitutional amendment expanding medical marijuana use in the Sunshine State. St. Pete Polls took a poll on behalf of Saint Petersblog which was released on Friday showing 68 percent of Florida voters back the proposed amendment while 25 percent are opposed and 7 percent are undecided. To amend the state Constitution, a proposal must get 60 percent at the ballot box.
Activists are already gearing up for another try after Amendment 2, which would have allowed more medical marijuana use, lost narrowly in 2014, getting only 58 percent. Amendment 2 polled well at the start of the election cycle but support dropped off in the months before the general election.
The new poll shows Democrats strongly behind the proposal, with 86 percent of them supporting it while only 10 percent oppose. Republicans are far more divided with 48 percent of them backing it while 44 percent stand against it. Voters outside the major parties break for it 72 percent to 22 percent.
Men back the proposal 71 percent to 24 percent. Women are less likely to support it but still break for it 65 percent to 28 percent.
The measure gets more than 60 percent in all TV markets outside of Fort Myers where it gets 58 percent support.
More than 70 percent of voters younger than 70 support the proposed amendment. Voters 70 and older give it less support though 58 percent of them back it while 34 percent oppose it.
The poll of 2,788 Florida voters was taken from July 18-28 and had a margin of error of +/- 1.9 percent.
“The poll was conducted through a Web-based email polling system,” St. Pete Polls noted in a memo accompanying the poll. “The results were then weighted to account for proportional differences between the respondents' demographics and the demographics of the active registered voter population for the state of Florida. The weighting demographics used were: political party, race, age, gender and media market. The voters polled were chosen at random within the registered voter population within the state of Florida.The random sample used was made up of a sampling of registered voters from the state of Florida.”
Reach Kevin Derby at kderby@sunshinestatenews.com or follow him on Twitter: @KevinDerbySSN
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