HUFFPOLLSTER: Support For Legal Marijuana Remains Strong In Colorado

Support for legalized marijuana remains strong in Colorado. Most Americans agree that Muslims face discrimination. And a growing minority support sending arms to Ukraine. This is HuffPollster for Tuesday, February 24 2015.

COLORADO VOTERS STILL SUPPORT LEGAL POT – Quinnipiac University: “Colorado voters still strongly support legalization of recreational marijuana in the state, although only one in five voters admits to using marijuana since it became legal January 1, 2014….With noticeable gender and age gaps, voters support legalized recreational marijuana 58 – 38 percent. Men support legalization 63 – 33 percent, with women in favor 53 – 44 percent. Voters 18 to 34 years old support it 82 – 16 percent. Support drops to 58 – 38 percent among voters 35 to 54 years old. Among voters over 55 years old, 46 percent support legalization, with 50 percent opposed. While 53 percent of Colorado voters say they have tried marijuana, only 19 percent say they’ve tried it since it became legal last year.” [Quinnipiac]

Three governors get positive approval ratings, but trouble for Bennet? – More from Quinnipiac: “Voters in three critical swing states, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, give their governors good job approval ratings and are strongly optimistic about the next three or four years in their states under their current governors, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released today. Job approval ratings for U.S. Senators in the three states range from a better than 3-1 score for Iowa’s Chuck Grassley to a lackluster grade for Colorado’s Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet….Colorado voters are divided on whether Sen. Bennet deserves reelection in 2016, with 32 percent saying he deserves reelection and 34 percent saying no. Democrats favor reelection by a bare majority of 53 – 19 percent. Opposing reelection are Republicans 46 – 26 percent and independent voters 35 – 25 percent.”

-Dave Wilson (R) digs into Pew Research data on how voters use cell phones to follow politics. [POS]

-Twitter publishes an interactive chart showing which nominated films were discussed minute-by-minute throughout the Academy Awards ceremony. [Twitter]

-The prediction markets had another good year in predicting the Academy Awards. [NYT]

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