Growing Partisan Gap in Views About Legalization of Marijuana Democrat Independent
Nearly half of Democrats (48%) and independents (49%) now support the legalization of marijuana. In 2000, 29% of Democrats and 35% of independents said the use of marijuana should be made legal. By comparison, 24% of Republicans support legalization now, similar to the 26% who favored this a decade ago.
Growing Partisan Gap in Views About Legalization of Marijuana  | Republican  | Democrat  | Independent  | 50  | 49  | 48  | 35  | 25  | 1973*  | 1 980  | 1 990  | 2000  | 201 Q  | 052 1973 2008 from the General Social Survey. 