Past marijuana use, financial woes viewed similarly across party lines How candidate would each impact your likelihood of supporting a candidate (%) More likely Wouldn't matter Less likely Has used marijuana in the past Has had personal financial troubles
While Democrats are far more supportive than Republicans of legalizing the use of marijuana, they have similar views of a hypothetical presidential candidate who used marijuana in the past. Large majorities of Democrats (78%) and Republicans (74%) say a candidate’s past use of marijuana would not matter.
Democrats and Republicans also have about the same views of a candidate who has had personal financial troubles. Roughly four-in-ten in both parties (42%) say they would be less likely to support such a candidate, while 50% of Republicans and 48% of Democrats say this would not matter.
Past marijuana use, financial woes  | viewed similarly across party lines  | How candidate would each impact your likelihood of supporting a  | candidate (%)  | More likely Wouldn't matter  | Less likely  | Has used marijuana in the past  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 74  | 21  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 78  | 16  | Has had personal financial troubles  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 50  | 42  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 48  | 42  | Source Survey conducted Jan. 7-14 2016.  | Don t know Survey responses not shown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 