New Poll Shows 69% Of Florida Voters Support Medical Marijuana Initiative

This November Florida voters will see Amendment 2 on the ballot for the second straight election cycle. As in 2014, Amendment 2 would legalize medical marijuana in Florida. The 2014 effort was defeated by just two percentage points. This election cycles initiative has been tweaked and improved, and the campaign team is working hard to not let the 2014 result happen again. A poll was recently released by Gravis Marketing which found the following in regards to support for the initiative:

The Gravis survey asked all voters that participated in this poll; If you were to vote today, would you vote for or against this constitutional amendment? 69 percent of those asked indicated that they would vote for the amendment, 23 percent stated they would vote against the amendment while eight percent were unsure.

Another surprise in this poll shows the rapid changing of the voting segments opinion on medical marijuana, concluded Gravis Marketing President Doug Kaplan. One year ago when we asked a similar question, the state constitution measure was in danger of failing, as less than 60 percent of those polled would vote for it. Today, it appears that this ballot initiative is fairly on its way of passing. Its amazing to see how much thepublic sentiment has changed in the last 8 years.

To be fair, polls were all over the place in 2014, with most of them showing the Florida initiative winning ...