LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- The debate over states' rights vs the federal government may be for naught as the latest Field Poll on Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in California, shows a majority of voters will "Just Say No."
The latest Field Poll found likely voters were opposed to legalizing pot, 49% to 42%.
ThatÂ’s a reversal from last month, when the poll found likely voters favored it. Among those polled, 9% are still undecided, a figure that has been relatively unchanged for months.
The poll found the biggest drop in support among Democrats, who backed it by 60% last month and now supported it by 51%. Men also have switched sides, moving from 54%-38% for it to 48%-44% against it. Voters ages 40 to 49 also flipped, from 53% in favor to 52% opposed.
Opposition also increased among women and voters who are 65 or older.
Support remains strongest among the youngest voters. Voters ages 18 to 39 backed it by a 26-point margin last month and still favored it by a 16-point margin.
Proposition 19 would allow adults 21 and older to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana, and it would allow cities and counties to authorize commercial production and retail sales.
The proposal remains popular in the San Francisco Bay Area, the home field of the most prominent marijuana activists, and pulled ahead elsewhere in Northern California. It is behind in Southern California and the Central Valley. In Los Angeles County, where a quarter of the voters reside, it was ahead, 58% to 37%, last month, but had fallen behind and was now opposed, 51% to 38%.
Field polled 1,501 registered voters, with 1,092 being likely voters, Oct. 14-26. Interviewers called voters on the phone and conducted the survey in six languages. The poll of likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
The latest Field Poll found likely voters were opposed to legalizing pot, 49% to 42%.
ThatÂ’s a reversal from last month, when the poll found likely voters favored it. Among those polled, 9% are still undecided, a figure that has been relatively unchanged for months.
The poll found the biggest drop in support among Democrats, who backed it by 60% last month and now supported it by 51%. Men also have switched sides, moving from 54%-38% for it to 48%-44% against it. Voters ages 40 to 49 also flipped, from 53% in favor to 52% opposed.
Opposition also increased among women and voters who are 65 or older.
Support remains strongest among the youngest voters. Voters ages 18 to 39 backed it by a 26-point margin last month and still favored it by a 16-point margin.
Proposition 19 would allow adults 21 and older to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana, and it would allow cities and counties to authorize commercial production and retail sales.
The proposal remains popular in the San Francisco Bay Area, the home field of the most prominent marijuana activists, and pulled ahead elsewhere in Northern California. It is behind in Southern California and the Central Valley. In Los Angeles County, where a quarter of the voters reside, it was ahead, 58% to 37%, last month, but had fallen behind and was now opposed, 51% to 38%.
Field polled 1,501 registered voters, with 1,092 being likely voters, Oct. 14-26. Interviewers called voters on the phone and conducted the survey in six languages. The poll of likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
