New Hampshire residents broadly support legalizing marijuana, according to a new poll that was released one day after the state House of Representatives passed a bill to enact the policy change.
Seventy-one percent of respondents in the survey published by the University of New Hampshire on Thursday said they support “legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal recreational use”—with 56 percent saying they “strongly” feel that way.
Support transcends party lines, with 86 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of Republicans and 53 percent of independents on board.
Just 18 percent of New Hampshire residents oppose legalization, according to the Granite State Poll.
Support has grown significantly since the university first posed the question in 2013, with only 49 percent saying then that they supported legalization. That said, backing for the reform has dipped a few points in recent years from when 75 percent were in favor in 2021.
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— UNH Survey Center (@UNHSurveyCenter) February 23, 2023
The survey involved interviews with 863 New Hampshire residents between February 176-20 and has am margin of error of +/-3.3 percentage points.
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