Marijuana legalization might not be the most important or salient issue of the day. But there simply aren’t many other policy fights that are more favorable to the Democratic Party. EricLevitz writes
Just say no to Uncle Joe. Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images Barack Obama broke his silence on the 2020 Democratic primary Friday with a stern warning to his party’s presidential hopefuls. “Voters, including Democrats, are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain … Twitter feeds, or the activist wing of our party,” Obama said. “And that’s not a criticism to the activist wing — their job is to poke and prod and text and inspire and motivate.
At a town hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday, the Democratic front-runner was asked if his longtime opposition to the legalization of marijuana has changed. Here’s how he replied: This position may play well with anti-legalization activists on Twitter, or nanny-state-loving paleo-progressives. But salt-of-the-earth Americans in flyover country want big government to keep its hands off their bongs.
This comports with the findings of a recent poll from the progressive think tank Data for Progress and data-science firm Civis Analytics. By fielding a large-sample national survey and then applying state-of-the-art demographic modeling techniques to its results, DFP was able to estimate the level of support for marijuana legalization in all 50 states.
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