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The latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll shows that support for cannabis legalization is waning.
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Both issues will be asked in the 2020 elections. Source: 1 NEWS
Respondents were asked: ‘Do you support the cannabis legalization and control bill?’, The question that will be asked as a referendum in the elections.
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1 NEWS online political reporter Anna Whyte explains what the proposed law means and what both sides of the issue are saying. Source: 1 NEWS
Only 35% said they supported the bill, a drop of 40% in the June poll, 39% in the February poll, and 43% in the November 2019 poll.
The number of people who did not support the bill increased to 53%, up from 49% in June and 51% in February.
Eleven percent did not know or refused to answer.
The groups of people who were more likely than average to support the Cannabis Control and Legalization Bill were supporters of the Green Party and Labor, people aged 18-29, and Maori.
Those most likely not to support the bill were people 50 and older and supporters of the National Party.
The poll also raised the other question of the referendum: ‘Do you support the entry into force of the Election Law of the End of Life 2019?’
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1 NEWS online political reporter Anna Whyte explains what the proposed law means and what both sides of the issue are saying. Source: 1 NEWS
64% of the people supported it, 25% did not and 11% did not know or refused to answer.
ACT supporters, men ages 35-54, people with an annual household income of more than $ 150,000, and New Zealand Europeans were more likely than average to support the law’s entry into force.
Those most likely to be against it were Pacific peoples, people with an annual household income of less than $ 30,000, and people age 70 and over.
* Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
1 NEWS Poll by Colmar Brunton: Between September 17 and 21, 2020, 1008 eligible voters were surveyed by landline (405) and mobile phone (603). The maximum sampling error is approximately ± 3.1% points at the 95% confidence level. Results above and below 50% have a lower sampling error. The data has been weighted to align with Stats NZ population counts by age, sex, region, ethnicity, and access to mobile or landlines.
