A new poll signals that a Florida marijuana legalization initiative that’ll be on the November ballot has enough support to pass, exceeding the steep 60 percent threshold to enact a constitutional amendment under state law.

The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey found that 63.6 percent of likely voters in Florida back the cannabis measure, while 27.2 percent are opposed and 9.2 percent remain undecided.

That includes 81 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents and 51 percent of Republicans—the latest signal that cannabis legalization enjoys bipartisan support in the Sunshine State.

That’s positive news for the Smart & Safe Florida campaign behind Amendment 3. While polling has consistently shown majority support for the initiative, several recent surveys have shown it falling short of the 60 percent requirement.

This latest poll involved interviews with 815 likely voters in Florida from September 3-5, with a +/-3.4 percentage point margin of error.

It comes on the heels of former President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican nominee and a Florida resident, voicing support for the measure, as well as federal rescheduling and cannabis industry banking access.

“As I have previously stated, I believe it is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults

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Former President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he believes voters in his home state of Florida will approve a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot, arguing that “someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other States.”

Trump added that current policy ruins lives, wastes taxpayer dollars and puts people at risk of dying from cannabis tainted with fentanyl.

The former president wants lawmakers to follow up on legalization if voters approve it, however, by passing a law to ban public cannabis consumption.

“In Florida, like so many other States that have already given their approval, personal amounts of marijuana will be legalized for adults with Amendment 3,” Trump said in a post on his social media site Truth Social. “Whether people like it or not, this will happen through the approval of the Voters, so it should be done correctly.”

“We need the State Legislature to responsibly create laws that prohibit the use of it in public spaces, so we do not smell marijuana everywhere we go, like we do in many of the Democrat run Cities,” he added. “At the same time, someone should not be a criminal in

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