New polling shows voters in Republican states supporting legislation that could open the door for marijuana reform across the country, albeit for very different reasons than those generally touted by legalization activists.
The trend might undermine efforts by President Joe Biden to shore up his electoral coalition ahead of the 2024 general election by advancing marijuana reforms he promised on the 2020 campaign trail.
The Washington Examiner reviewed a poll conducted by Forbes Tate Partners on behalf of the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education, and Regulation prior to its publication on Tuesday, which showed a majority of voters in Missouri, Ohio, and Wyoming supporting the STATES Act, a bipartisan bill that would see federal marijuana policy mimic that of each state. The poll sampled 600 voters in the three states, each of which
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