With less than a week to go
before voters in three states decide whether to legalize marijuana,
a
survey conducted last week puts support for Colorado’s
initiative, Amendment 64, at 53 percent, up from other recent
polls. In the survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 43 percent of likely voters said
they opposed Amendment 64, while about 5 percent were undecided. By
comparison, a SurveyUSA
poll taken three weeks ago found support falling short of a
majority, with 48 percent in favor (down from 51 percent in
September) and 43 percent opposed. It looks like undecided voters
may be shifting to the yes column.

Recent surveys in Washington found similarly strong support (54
percent and 55 percent) for I-502, that state’s legalization
initiative. Oregon’s Measure 80, meanwhile, continues to trail, as
it has all along. In an
Elway Poll conducted from Thursday through Sunday, 49 percent
of likely voters opposed the initiative, while 43 percent supported
it. Two weeks ago, a
SurveyUSA poll put those numbers at 43 percent and 36 percent,
respectively.