Virginia Voters Support Marijuana And Same-Sex Marriage

According to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University, voters in Virginia overwhelmingly support the use of medical-marijuana and support is slowly increasing for same-sex marriage.

Three-quarters of Republicans are okay with marijuana being used as a treatment and 92 percent of Democrats approve with support up to 84%.

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Over half of Virginia voters support same-sex marriage with 42 percent opposing.

According to the poll questions from Quinnipiac:

33. Do you support or oppose allowing adults in Virginia to legally possess small amounts of marijuana for personal use?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Support 46% 27% 58% 47% 52% 42% 71% 53% 43% 24% Oppose 48 68 35 47 43 51 26 42 52 66 DK/NA 6 4 6 6 5 7 3 5 5 9
34. Do you support or oppose allowing adults in Virginia to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor prescribes it?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Support 84% 75% 92% 84% 83% 85% 90% 85% 84% 81% Oppose 13 21 6 13 15 11 9 11 13 17 DK/NA 3 3 2 3 2 4 1 3 3 2

35. Do you think the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado has been good or bad for Colorado’s national image?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Good 37% 17% 52% 35% 40% 34% 65% 38% 34% 20% Bad 46 69 30 49 46 47 27 44 48 61 DK/NA 17 13 18 17 14 20 8 18 18 19
36. Keeping in mind that all of your answers in this survey are confidential, have you, yourself ever happened to try marijuana?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Yes 39% 27% 48% 37% 43% 36% 46% 42% 47% 21% No 59 72 50 61 55 62 53 57 51 78 DK/NA 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
37. Do you think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, less dangerous than alcohol, or about equally as dangerous as alcohol?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ More 14% 28% 4% 13% 14% 14% 2% 13% 15% 21% Less 36 20 47 34 40 32 54 40 34 20 Equally 47 50 44 49 43 50 42 45 47 53 NEITHR DANGEROUS(VOL) - - - - - - - - - - DK/NA 3 2 4 3 3 4 1 2 3 5
38. Do you think that for most people, the use of marijuana leads to the use of other drugs, or don’t you think so?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Yes 41% 61% 28% 42% 37% 44% 24% 37% 40% 61% No 51 32 65 50 54 49 72 57 51 31 DK/NA 7 7 7 8 8 7 4 6 9 8
39. In Colorado where marijuana is legal for recreational use, people are allowed to grow the plants in their homes. If marijuana is legalized in Virginia, would it bother you if one of your neighbors is growing marijuana in their home or wouldn’t that bother you?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Yes 36% 54% 27% 36% 33% 39% 23% 35% 33% 52% No 62 44 73 64 66 59 77 64 66 46 DK/NA 1 2 - - 1 2 - 1 1 2
40. How comfortable would you be as a passenger in a car, with a driver who has smoked or consumed moderate amounts of marijuana; very comfortable, somewhat comfortable, somewhat uncomfortable, or very uncomfortable?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Very comfortable 6% 5% 8% 4% 6% 6% 15% 6% 4% 2% Smwht comfortable 11 7 11 13 14 8 27 9 8 7 Smwht uncomfortable 20 11 28 17 22 18 16 21 22 17 Very uncomfortable 62 77 51 65 56 66 42 62 65 72 DK/NA 2 1 2 1 2 2 - 2 2 2
41. Do you support or oppose allowing same-sex couples to get married in Virginia?
AGE IN YRS.............. Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Support 50% 23% 69% 52% 46% 54% 69% 53% 50% 35% Oppose 42 70 22 42 48 38 25 40 44 56 DK/NA 7 6 9 6 6 8 6 7 7 9
TREND: Do you support or oppose allowing same-sex couples to get married in Virginia?
Mar 31 Jul 18 2014 2013 Support 50 50 Oppose 42 43 DK/NA 7 7