Was anyone else surprised by how hard prop 19 went down?
I thought if it didn’t pass that it would at least be pretty close.
I want Marijuana legal, but I don’t know if I could have voted for prop 19 (I didn’t vote in this election) because I’ve heard it that it opens the door to more government bureaucracy and regulation. I even heard it prevent employers from being able to “discriminate” against pot smokers.
Like I said…I want it legal (with no strings attached), but if these criticisms are true then I wouldn’t be able to vote for something like that.
Back on for 2012! In several states.
if theys wite thay kan smowc but if colored; NO
When it comes down to it Americans even in the most liberal of states are social conservatives at heart. California is a good example at that when they voted against gay marriage and marijuana.
Not after seeing what they did with Prop. 8. No.
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No I’m not surprised. Wouldn’t it be nice if an issue came up for vote without all the extra BS? Let it pass or fail on it’s own merits?
At first I knew it was going down like a lead balloon but some pothead here showed me a bunch of polls showing it was doing great and had me thinking for a while that I was wrong. Turns out I was right and once again I know better than to listen to stoners.
Guess only the pot heads want the pot legalized. To bad there’s very few pot heads in politics.
I was very surprised.
Yes. Its sad. Even the most liberal state with the most pot smokers cant even get pot legalized. This country is finished!
8 points isn’t that bad.
That is what the polls were showing right before the election.
There was a big anti-campaign going on in southern california.
It does better every time. The biggest reason that it didn’t pass because it did not get enough money to support it properly. Money buys vote why else do you think people running for office put so much money into their campaign.
It received 46.3% of the vote, not to shabby, the other 3.7% of opponents will probably die of old age by the next election
I’m not surprised; even liberals are pretty socially conservative when they go into the voting booths.
I did not like the wording of Prop 19 and it would not have done enough to get the government out had it passed, but I am somewhat frustrated. Voting no on Prop 19 is outright saying “keep it illegal.” At least a yes vote would have been a step closer to less government.
Being a Libertarian and holding onto optimism is hard 🙁
I supported it (it would have solved CA’s economic problems), but I was not surprised.
Prop 19 had to many holes in the bill which is why it went down.
In the early 1970’s Pot was legal in Alaska,they ran a study in the mid 1980’s and found more kids age’s 12-17 had access to pot ,schools started seeing a huge drop in student grades and the accident level in industry rose dramaticallyy,so they made it illegal
again,,you guys are,nt going to get this one even if California passes it it is still a federal law which Holder has already said he would enforce..
Many elderly people in California take a dim view of that drug for its association with the counterculture. Also, if Marijuana is a legitimate form of medicine, it can be grown at home, something pharmaceutical companies would not want. The average American has no concept of how much pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies run the show and back the propaganda he falls for.
Hey, the major growers were opposed to it and provided major funding to stop the legalization of it!
Odd since Marijuana is practically legal in California already with all the doctors prescribing it.
But you never can tell about California with the southern half of the state being so conservative and the northern half so liberal.
It sure would have helped the State’s economy if the prop has passed.
All I can figure is the religious right sent busloads of their Bible-Thumpers to the polls.
What do you mean “how hard it went down”? Only 5% more support and it would have passed.
Marijuana needs to be controlled just like beer and wine – you can’t go to work drunk but you can have a drink after work. The same should be true of marijuana. The government taxes, regulates and sets quality standards for beer and wine and the same should be true for marijuana.
We need to make this a republican issue, a conservative issue, and directly address their concerns and look for opportunities where legalized marijuana could make their lives better.