So many Americans support Biden’s Weed Pardon

If there’s one thing Americans can agree on, it’s weed. This acceptance of the drug has been evolving for years and has become an unlikely commonality among political parties.

A new poll of President Biden’s pardons shows how much Americans support the reassessment and possible legalization of marijuana.

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The poll, conducted by POLITICO and Morning Consult, shows nearly two-thirds of voters supported Biden’s pardon for nonviolent marijuana convictions. These numbers include 40% of Biden’s strong supporters and 25% of those with some support for Biden. On average, just one in four pollsters opposed pardoning marijuana offenders.

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When it came to changing the classification of marijuana under federal law, respondents were even more supportive, with 69% of them supporting declassification. One in five respondents said they oppose a reassessment of the state’s legal status of marijuana. The poll also showed that the public is well-informed about the issue of cannabis and what Biden’s administration has done on the matter.

Unsurprisingly, the demographic driving these positive responses is Millennials. Gen Z was the group least informed about Biden’s marijuana pardon. And two-thirds of baby boomers supported Biden’s decisions regarding marijuana.

In terms of political parties, Democrats and independents supported Biden’s actions. Republicans were the more divided group, with 57% of them expressing support for marijuana reclassification, while just 46% of them supported marijuana pardons.

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Finally, Biden’s move to break down the results by race drew strong support from black voters, with 74% of them backing those pardons. This is an important demographic choice that was announced when the pardon was issued. “Sending people to jail for possession of marijuana has turned too many lives upside down and jailed people for behavior that many states no longer prohibit,” Biden said in a statement last week. “And while whites and blacks and browns use marijuana at similar rates, blacks and browns have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted at disproportionate rates.”

The poll was conducted October 7-9 and includes responses from more than 2,000 registered voters.