A narrow majority of registered voters in Colorado think marijuana should be legal according to the latest PPP poll and the voters of the state may soon have a chance to make that a reality. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol is currently gathering signatures to put a marijuana legalization measure on the ballot in 2012. From the Poll: A narrow majority of registered voters in Colorado think marijuana should be legal according to the latest PPP poll and the voters of the state may soon have a chance to make that a reality. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol is currently gathering signatures to put a marijuana legalization measure on the ballot in 2012. From the Poll:

Do you think marijuana usage should be legal or illegal?

Legal ………… 51%

Illegal………… 38%

Not sure ……. 11%

Not surprisingly the break down of support for legalizing the use of marijuana in Colorado is nearly identical to the patterns we have seen nationally. Support for legalizing the usage of marijuana is strongest among very liberal voters (82%), Democrats (65%) and voters under 30 (71%). While the least amount of support comes from very conservative voters (28%), Republicans (31%) and senior citizens (36%).

One very interesting piece of information from the cross tabs is that individuals who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election overwhelmingly think marijuana should be legal by a margin of 68 percent legal – 21 percent illegal. In the Colorado, at least, President Obama’s stance on both recreational and medicinal marijuana use is radically out of line with his base.