{"id":84819,"date":"2025-12-17T11:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/most-americans-back-legalizing-marijuana-but-trump-voters-not-on-board-conservative-groups-poll-shows-amid-rescheduling-rumors\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:47:32","slug":"most-americans-back-legalizing-marijuana-but-trump-voters-not-on-board-conservative-groups-poll-shows-amid-rescheduling-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/most-americans-back-legalizing-marijuana-but-trump-voters-not-on-board-conservative-groups-poll-shows-amid-rescheduling-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans Back Legalizing Marijuana, But Trump Voters Not On Board, Conservative Group\u2019s Poll Shows Amid Rescheduling Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As President Donald Trump prepares to announce a decision on marijuana rescheduling, a new poll from a religious conservative research firm again shows that a majority of Americans are ready for legalizing cannabis altogether. Trump voters, however, are largely not on board with the change\u2014with the exception of younger ones.<\/p>\n

The survey\u2014conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)\u2014was detailed in a post published by one of the organization\u2019s lead researchers on his Family Matters blog last week. Overall, it found that 57 percent of respondents either \u201csomewhat\u201d or \u201cstrongly\u201d support cannabis legalization.<\/p>\n

A demographic breakdown of age and political affiliation showed some familiar divides on the issue, with a majority of people aged 46 and older who voted for Trump in the last election (53 percent) oppose legalization. However, a 49 percent plurality of Trump voters 18-45 said they do back the reform.<\/p>\n

Among people who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the last election, however, there was a somewhat unusual finding: More people in the older cohort (87 percent) said they support legalization than those in the younger cohort (71 percent).<\/p>\n

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A majority of Republicans oppose marijuana legalization, with even young GOP voters are pretty split, and those with kids really don’t like it.
Rescheduling pot will make young men worse off \u2014 and it won’t save the GOP in next year’s midterms, either: https:\/\/t.co\/gQR3o3S0rF<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/scEFw0PdQc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ubWbgQr7X0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Patrick T. Brown (@PTBwrites) December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Asked about the net effect of legalization on society, 68 percent of younger Harris voters said it leads to \u201cmore social benefits than costs,\u201d and an even larger majority (82 percent) of older Harris voters said the same.<\/p>\n

By contrast, a majority of both younger and older Trump voters (59 percent and 67 percent, respectively) said legalization is associated with \u201cmore social costs than benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adults 18-45 without children were more supportive of ending prohibition at 60 percent, compared to 52 percent who are parents, the poll found.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis offers a sketch for what a new political coalition interested in curbing the excesses of our rapid entry into a world of widespread medical marijuana might look like,\u201d EPPC\u2019s Patrick Brown said<\/a>, adding that if the Trump administration does move to reschedule marijuana, \u201cconservatives and well-meaning liberals shouldn\u2019t accept a new reality of capitalism-fueled marijuana availability without a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concerns about what widespread weed could mean for children\u2019s health\u2014and young adults\u2019 long-term outcomes\u2014won\u2019t have gone away, regardless of the profit motives involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While this poll does show a partisan split on the issue with most Republicans against legalization, other independent surveys over recent years have signaled that ending prohibition is an increasingly bipartisan issue. That said, support among GOP voters dipped somewhat over the last year, according to a recent Gallup poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A separate research firm associated with Trump\u00a0 survey of registered voters did recently show that a majority of Republicans back a variety of cannabis reforms<\/a>, including rescheduling, states\u2019 rights to legalize and marijuana industry access to banking services and stock exchanges.<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the administration\u2019s potentially imminent decision on marijuana reform haven\u2019t been suggesting that the president intends to legalize<\/em> marijuana, however. The proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) would mean it\u2019d still be federally prohibited. But marijuana businesses could then start taking federal tax deductions, and it could help reduce certain research barriers associated with Schedule I drugs.<\/p>\n

There was also reporting this week indicating that the executive order on rescheduling that the president is expected to issue may also contain additional components touching on cannabis business banking access and Medicare coverage for CBD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday,\u00a0Trump said he is \u201cvery strongly\u201d considering rescheduling cannabis<\/a>\u00a0in part to ease restrictions on research into its effects.<\/p>\n

Opponents of the policy change have\u00a0stepped up their efforts to dissuade the administration from moving forward<\/a>, arguing that a reclassification to Schedule III will further normalize marijuana use even though it would not federally legalize the plant. Rescheduling would, however, let marijuana businesses take federal tax deductions while reducing certain research barriers associated with Schedule I drugs.<\/p>\n

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), one of the more vocal prohibitionists in Congress, said this week that\u00a0Trump doesn\u2019t have the authority to unilaterally reschedule marijuana<\/a>\u00a0via executive order. But while lawmakers could overrule any administrative move to enact the reform, it would be a \u201cheavy lift\u201d in the Republican-controlled Congress, he acknowledged.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, multiple top congressional Democrats are\u00a0making the case that the modest reform would not go far enough<\/a>\u2014including Sen. Ron Wyden (R-OR) who said the move is only an attempt by the president to \u201cgaslight\u201d voters into thinking he legalized cannabis to boost his \u201cpathetic\u201d approval ratings.<\/p>\n

A major drug testing industry organization separately said it\u2019s\u00a0\u201csounding the alarm\u201d amid the reports Trump may soon finalize the rescheduling proposal<\/a>, arguing that the policy change would \u201chave catastrophic consequences for the safety of the United States workforce and transportation sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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or what it\u2019s worth, a White House spokesperson told Marijuana Moment last week that no actions have been finalized so far.<\/p>\n

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have been\u00a0weighing in on the potential rescheduling decision over the past week<\/a>\u2014with Democrats like Rep. Alex Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) calling the reform a \u201cno-brainer\u201d and others like Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) pushing back against the proposal.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post reported last week that Trump was planning to issue an executive order directing federal agencies to move ahead with cannabis rescheduling.<\/p>\n

The outlet also said the president met earlier this week in the Oval Office with marijuana industry executives, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. During that meeting, Trump phoned Johnson, the House speaker, who expressed his opposition to rescheduling cannabis,<\/p>\n

If the administration does ultimately enact rescheduling, it would mark one of the most significant developments in federal marijuana policy since its prohibition a half a century ago, with a Schedule III reclassification recognizing that marijuana has medical value and a lower abuse potential compared to other Schedule I drugs like heroin.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Mike Latimer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The post Most Americans Back Legalizing Marijuana, But Trump Voters Not On Board, Conservative Group\u2019s Poll Shows Amid Rescheduling Rumors<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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