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It’s true. Percentage of Americans who believe marijuana ought to be legalized: 41 percent. Percentage of Americans who approve of the Republican Party: 31 percent.

Other things that are less popular than legalizing weed, according to Open Left: Congress, the war in Iraq, privatizing Social Security, and John Boehner.