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Texas Democratic and Republican voters are unified in their opposition to a bill on the governor\u2019s desk that would ban consumable hemp products with any trace of THC, according to a new poll from a GOP pollster affiliated with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
As Gov. Greg Abbott (R) weighs the controversial proposal\u2014which advocates and stakeholders say would effectively decimate the state\u2019s hemp industry\u2014the poll from the firm Fabrizio, Lee & Associates found the measure is opposed across party lines. A majority of Democrats (80 percent) and independents (66 percent), as well as a plurality of Republicans (44 percent) said they don\u2019t want the governor to sign it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen given a head-to-head choice, 7-in-10 Texas voters say they want hemp-derived consumable THC to remain legal in Texas with strict regulations like age restrictions and warning labels, while only 16 percent want it to be banned outright,\u201d the polling memo says. \u201cRepublicans want hemp to remain legal by a substantial 59 percent-23 percent margin, with even bigger shares of Independents and Democrats choosing remain legal with regulations over an outright ban.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the 59 percent of GOP voters who want hemp to stay legal in a separate question, 83 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of independents said the same.<\/p>\n
There was notably high awareness of the bill among voters, with 52 percent of Texans saying they\u2019ve seen, read or heard about the hemp ban proposal.<\/p>\n
Asked whether their understanding of the legislation made them \u201cmore or less favorable toward the Texas State Legislature,\u201d 57 percent said it left them feeling less favorable, compared to just 6 percent who said more favorable.<\/p>\n
\u201cTexas voters across party lines want hemp to remain legal and clearly oppose Governor Abbott signing the bill banning hemp into law,\u201d the polling firm said. \u201cA narrow majority have already heard about the ban passing the state house, and it\u2019s hurting the legislature\u2019s image and could cost them in the ballot box. The Governor can avoid the same fate and get credit across the political spectrum by vetoing this unpopular bill.\u201d<\/p>\n
The survey involved interviews with 600 registered Texas voters from May 28-29, with a +\/-4 percentage point margin of error.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Fabrizio, Lee & Associates also polled Americans on a series of broader marijuana policy issues<\/a>. Notably, it found that a majority of Republicans back cannabis rescheduling\u2014and, notably, they\u2019re even more supportive of allowing states to legalize marijuana without federal interference compared to the average voter.<\/p>\n Tony Fabrizio, the polling firm\u2019s principal, served as pollster for Trump\u2019s 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n On the Texas hemp issue, the governor still hasn\u2019t made a decision on the bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll tell you this: Listen, there are meaningful positions and concerns on both sides of the issue, and I\u2019ll look into all of those and evaluate all of those,\u201d he told reporters during a Q & A session on Monday following a bill signing ceremony for an unrelated measure.<\/p>\n That\u00a0largely echoes comments Abbott made earlier this month<\/a>, when he said SB 3 \u201cis one of literally more than a thousand bills on my desk\u2014all of which need my careful consideration and evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n Also this month, hemp advocates and stakeholders\u00a0delivered more than 100,000 petition signatures asking Abbott to veto the measure<\/a>. Critics of the bill have said the industry\u2014which employs an estimated 53,000 people\u2014would be effectively eliminated if the measure becomes law.<\/p>\n \u2014 Texas lawmakers legalized the sale of consumable hemp in 2019, following enactment of the 2018 federal Farm Bill that Trump signed, which legalized the plant nationwide. That\u2019s led to an explosion of products\u2014including edibles, drinks, vape products and cured flower\u2014sold by an estimated 8,000 retailers.<\/p>\n Military veterans advocates, including\u00a0Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars, have also called on the governor to veto the hemp ban<\/a>, saying it \u201cwould cause irreversible harm to communities across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n Farmers have also said the prohibition would\u00a0devastate a key sector of the state\u2019s agriculture industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a recent poll commissioned the Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC) found that Texas Republican primary voters\u00a0oppose the proposal to ban hemp products containing THC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the polling memo<\/a> on the Texas hemp ban below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Trump\u2019s VA Head Visits Psychedelics Research Center, Reiterating \u2018Promise\u2019 To Explore Benefits For Military Veterans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Brendan Cleak.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Trump\u2019s Pollster Says Texas Hemp Ban Bill Faces \u2018Bipartisan Opposition\u2019 From Voters As Governor Nears Deadline To Act<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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