issue · 46 polls · 3 sources · 1969 → 2024
Cannabis legalization (public opinion)
Today (2024)
71%
support · 2024
First reading
16%
1969 · gallup
55-year shift
+55pp
rising
Polls
46
polls
Sources
3
gallup · pew-research-center · gss
support % · 1969 → 2024LOESS-smoothed · raw dots underlaid
Story arc
VerifiedCannabis legalization (public opinion) registered 68% support and 32% opposition in Gallup's November 2024 reading [1]. Pew Research Center's January 2024 survey recorded 57% support and 11% opposition [2], while Gallup's October 2023 measurement showed 70% support and 30% opposition [1]. The General Social Survey (NORC) reported 70% support and 27% opposition in June 2022 [3]. Earlier Gallup readings logged 68% support in October 2020 and 66% in October 2018 [1], and Pew recorded 67% support in September 2019 [4]. The General Social Survey measured 61% support in June 2018 [3].
support over time
LOESS CONSENSUS
46 polls
BIAS-CORRECTED
House effects removed
INDIVIDUAL POLLS
raw readings
EVENT
curated
What's changed
1969
Earliest Gallup reading
16%
1977
Carter-era peak before backlash
23%
1990
Reagan-era trough
19%
1996
California Prop 215 (medical)
26%
2012
CO + WA legalize recreational
50%
2013
Majority crosses 50%
52%
2018
Canada legalizes federally
64%
2024
Today
71%
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