Prop 19 (Ca. marijuana initiative) leads in new poll.. (legal, polls, how much)

[Upton]

Looking good...at least much better than the other two polls made reference to.

California’s Proposition 19, which will legalize, regulate and tax marijuana, is currently winning, 50 percent yes to 40 percent no, according to a new SurveyUSA poll of likely voters sponsored by CBS 5 KPIX-TV (http://cbs5.com/politics/cbs.5.poll.2.1800577.html - broken link).
SurveyUSA 7/8-11
Prop. 19:
Certain Yes 50
Certain No 40
Not Certain 11
(Note: Because of rounding, poll does not always add up to 100 percent)
This is an automatic poll of 614 likely voters with a margin of error of 4 percent. The poll shows a substantially higher preference for marijuana legalization than other recent surveys from Field Research and Reuters/Ipsos which both had the measure losing narrowly

Tax Cannabis 2010

[Loveshiscountry]

Originally Posted by Upton

Looking good...at least much better than the other two polls made reference to.

Quote:
California’s Proposition 19, which will legalize, regulate and tax marijuana, is currently winning, 50 percent yes to 40 percent no, according to a new SurveyUSA poll of likely voters sponsored by CBS 5 KPIX-TV (http://cbs5.com/politics/cbs.5.poll.2.1800577.html - broken link).
SurveyUSA 7/8-11
Prop. 19:
Certain Yes 50
Certain No 40
Not Certain 11
(Note: Because of rounding, poll does not always add up to 100 percent)
This is an automatic poll of 614 likely voters with a margin of error of 4 percent. The poll shows a substantially higher preference for marijuana legalization than other recent surveys from Field Research and Reuters/Ipsos which both had the measure losing narrowly

Tax Cannabis 2010

Way to go California!!!! The government doesn't have the right to tell me what I can put into my body.

[Ceece]

Cautiously optomistic here. Most people don't understand how divided CA is on most issues. They think the state is liberal because of what they see coming out of Hollywood, forgetting how big the CA really is and how much of it is so very conservative.

[Beaconowner]

Originally Posted by Ceece

Cautiously optomistic here. Most people don't understand how divided CA is on most issues. They think the state is liberal because of what they see coming out of Hollywood, forgetting how big the CA really is and how much of it is so very conservative.

This is so true. In California the cities are liberal but the suburbs and rural areas are very conservative, and they vote. Cannabis supporters should not take this as a sign of certain victory. They will need a better number than 50% to prevail. That has been true of any ballot inititive in the past, not just this one.