Around nine-in-ten Americans favor legalization for recreational or medical purposes GOP members of the Silent Generation are the least likely to favor marijuana legalization: Just 21% say marijuana use should be legal, while three-quarters (76%) say it should not. Gen X and Boomer Republicans are more closely divided, with 55% of Gen X Republicans and 49% of Boomer Republicans favoring legalization. Millennial Republicans also broadly favor legalizing marijuana use in fact, Republicans in this generation are almost as supportive of legalization as Millennial Democrats (71% vs.
Large majorities of Boomer (81%), Gen X (76%) and Millennial Democrats (78%) say the use of marijuana should be made legal, compared with 53% of Silent Generation Democrats who say this. The generational divide in views of marijuana legalization exists within both party coalitions. Members of the Silent Generation (born between 19) continue to be the least supportive of legalization: Only 35% favor legalizing marijuana, while 64% are opposed. Majorities of Millennials (those born between 19), Generation X (born between 19) and Baby Boomers (born between 19) say the use of marijuana should be legal. Republicans and Republican leaners are less supportive, with 55% in favor of legalization and 44% opposed. Nearly eight-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (78%) say marijuana use should be legal. 3 to 15 on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.Īs in the past, there are wide partisan and generational differences in views of marijuana legalization. Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) prefer to keep marijuana illegal in all circumstances, according to the survey, conducted Sept. adults (91%) say marijuana should be legal either for medical and recreational use (59%) or that it should be legal just for medical use (32%). Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of U.S.
adults who oppose legalization has fallen from 52% in 2010 to 32% today. Two-thirds of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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