California Marijuana Legalization Prop 64 Leading in Polls

California voters support Proposition 64, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana, by nearly a two to one margin, according to the latest poll released Friday.

The latestField Poll/Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley found that 60% of likely voters support the measure, with just 31% opposed and 9% undecided. Findings of the poll are in line with other recent polling, suggesting Prop 64 is likely to pass in November.

Democrats, liberals and voters living in coastal communities were the most likely to support the legalization measure. The only major voter segments opposed to the initiative wereRepublicans and conservatives.

Fridays poll reflects the highest support ever measured by The Field Poll for legalization of marijuana in the 50 years they have been surveying Californians on the topic. The first Field Poll, conducted in 1969, found only 13% of California residents favored legalizing marijuana. Support grew to 30% in 1983, and reached the 50% mark in 2010. A 2013 Field Poll found support for legalization had grown to 55%.

California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana, doing so in 1996 ...