A new poll of likely voters confirms proponents’ fears that Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana use in the Sunshine State, is in deep trouble at just the wrong time.
Gravis Marketing released a poll Monday showing only 50 percent of likely voters plan to support Amendment 2, while 42 percent say they oppose it. The remaining 8 percent of voters remain undecided.
For Amendment 2 to be added to the Florida Constitution, 60 percent of voters have to support it on the November ballot — meaning if 42 percent oppose it, as the poll shows, it will be defeated.
“With only eight days remaining until the election, a powerful 8 percent of undecided voters might hold the key to whether this ballot initiative passes or fails to receive the mandatory 60 percent support needed to make a change to the state of Florida’s Constitution,” Gravis noted on Monday.
The poll of 861 likely voters was taken Oct. 22-24 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
The new poll shows Amendment 2 is losing traction as more Floridians line up against it.
Gravis Marketing released a survey earlier this month which showed a majority backed Amendment 2 but, once again, support did not break the 60 percent threshold needed to pass. In a Gravis poll of more than 1,000 likely voters taken Oct. 11-12, 55 percent said they supported Amendment 2.
The Gravis poll from earlier this month found 39 percent were opposed to Amendment 2 and 7 percent were undecided.
As recently as late August, Amendment 2 was doing well in Gravis polls, taking 62 percent with barely a quarter of those surveyed — 26 percent — against the proposal.
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