DES MOINES | More than eight in 10 Iowans support legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, but are evenly divided on whether they support its recreational use.
With big age and partisan gaps, Iowa voters are split 47 percent to 47 percent on whether the state should legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use, according to aQuinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Tuesday. The Swing State Poll focuses on the key states of Iowa, Colorado and Virginia.
“Voters in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia often disagree about the big issues of the day -- taxes, government spending, gay marriage and abortion,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll. “Yet there is one thing that they pretty much agree upon across state lines -- medicinal pot.
