Marijuana decriminalization opinions by party ID in U.S. 2018

This statistic shows the percentage of survey respondents that would support or oppose enforcement of federal laws if they did not involve penalties for the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana as of 2018, by political party affiliation. According to the results of the survey, 43 percent of those that identified as Democrat would support this law.

Opinions of U.S. registered voters about support of federal marijuana laws if they did not involve penalties for possession/use of small amounts as of 2018, by party identification

Characteristic	Support	Oppose	Undecided
Democrat	43%	48%	9%
Republican	61%	33%	6%
Independent	47%	44%	9%

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Release date

January 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 10 to January 13, 2018

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

randomly selected registered voters

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Would you support or oppose enforcement of federal marijuana laws if it did not involve penalties for possession and use of small amounts of marijuana?"

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