Support For Legal Recreational Marijuana Is Growing

I have brought you several surveys in the past that showed a small majority of Americans are ready for the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. But the Rasmussen Poll was not one of them. In fact, the Rasmussen Poll showed only 41% support last January, and 43% support in August -- neither being a plurality in favor of legalization.

But that has changed now. For the first time in its polling, the Rasmussen Poll (in a survey done on December 23rd of a random sample of 1,000 Americans, with a 3 point margin of error) shows more people favoring legalization than those wanting to keep it illegal -- a plurality of 48% supporting legalization, and only 43% opposing that (a 5 point difference).

Public opinion is changing, and that change is picking up speed.