Texas Survey Results

Q1

Do you support or oppose changing the law in

Texas to allow seriously and terminally ill
patients to use medical marijuana for a limited
number of conditions if their doctors
recommend it?

Q4

Woman ........................................................... 52%

Man................................................................. 48%

Q5

Support ...................58% Not sure ..................11%

Oppose ...................31%

Q2

Q3

Under current Texas law, it is a criminal offense

for a person to possess a small amount of
marijuana, and he or she can be sentenced to
up to a year in jail, and fined up to $2,000.
Would you support or oppose a change in the
law to make it a civil, not criminal, offense to
possess an ounce or less of marijuana for
personal use, punishable by a fine of up to
$100, but without jail time?

If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.

If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a Republican,

press 2. If you are an independent or identify
with another party, press 3.
Democrat ........................................................ 35%
Republican...................................................... 42%
Independent/Other .......................................... 23%

Q6

If you are Hispanic, press 1. If white, press 2. If

African-American, press 3. If other, press 4.
Hispanic .......................................................... 26%
White .............................................................. 60%

Support ...................61% Not sure .................. 9%

African-American ............................................ 9%

Oppose ...................30%

Other............................................................... 5%

The voters in Colorado and Washington

changed their laws to allow marijuana to be
regulated similarly to alcohol for adults age 21
and older. Would you support or oppose
changing Texas law to regulate and tax
marijuana similarly to alcohol, where stores
would be licensed to sell marijuana to adults 21
and older?
Strongly support......41% Strongly oppose......24%

Q7

If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If 30 to

45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If you are
older than 65, press 4.
18 to 29........................................................... 15%
30 to 45........................................................... 23%
46 to 65........................................................... 39%
Older than 65 .................................................. 23%

Somewhat support ..17% Not sure .................. 3%

Somewhat oppose ..14%

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Raleigh, NC 27604
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September 27-29, 2013

Survey of 860 Texas voters

Crosstabs

Gender
Base Wom an

Gender
Man

Base Wom an

Support/Oppose
Medical Marijuana
Support 58%

59%

56%

Oppose 31%

31%

31%

Not sure 11%

10%

12%

Support/Oppose
Civil Offense for 1
oz. Possession
Support 61%

61%

61%

Oppose 30%

30%

30%

9%

9%

Not sure

Base Dem ocrat Republican Independent/Other

Man
Support/Oppose
Medical Marijuana

Support/Oppose
Making TX Law like
CO/WA
Strongly support 41%

42%

41%

Som ew hat support 17%

17%

16%

Som ew hat oppose 14%

12%

17%

Strongly oppose 24%

25%

23%

4%

3%

Not sure

9%

Party

Gender
Base Wom an

Man

3%

Support 58%

67%

50%

59%

Oppose 31%

16%

42%

36%

Not sure 11%

18%

8%

5%

Party

Party

Base Dem ocrat Republican Independent/Other

Support/Oppose
Civil Offense for 1
oz. Possession

Base Dem ocrat Republican Independent/Other

Support/Oppose
Making TX Law like
CO/WA

Support 61%

66%

55%

62%

Strongly support 41%

53%

33%

38%

Oppose 30%

20%

37%

33%

Som ew hat support 17%

17%

15%

19%

14%

8%

4%

Som ew hat oppose 14%

13%

17%

12%

Strongly oppose 24%

12%

32%

28%

5%

2%

3%

Not sure

9%

Not sure

September 27-29, 2013

survey of 860 Texas voters

3%

3020 Highwoods Blvd.

Raleigh, NC 27604
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Crosstabs

Race

Race

AfricanBase Hispanic White Am erican Other

Support/Oppose
Medical Marijuana
Support 58%

58%

56%

65%

61%

Oppose 31%

26%

35%

24%

24%

Not sure 11%

16%

9%

10%

15%

AfricanBase Hispanic White Am erican Other

Support/Oppose
Civil Offense for 1
oz. Possession
Support 61%

57%

62%

65%

54%

Oppose 30%

29%

31%

20%

40%

14%

7%

15%

6%

Not sure

9%

Race

Age

AfricanBase Hispanic White Am erican Other

Support/Oppose
Making TX Law like
CO/WA

18 to 30 to 46 to Older
29
45
65 than 65

Support/Oppose
Medical Marijuana

Strongly support 41%

39%

42%

50%

34%

Som ew hat support 17%

21%

14%

11%

29%

Som ew hat oppose 14%

19%

14%

5%

17%

Strongly oppose 24%

17%

28%

20%

21%

3%

2%

14%

Not sure

Base

3%

Support 58%

43%

63%

61%

57%

Oppose 31%

25%

33%

31%

35%

Not sure 11%

32%

4%

9%

8%

Age

Age
Base

18 to 30 to 46 to Older
29
45
65 than 65

Support/Oppose
Civil Offense for 1
oz. Possession

Base

18 to 30 to 46 to Older
29
45
65 than 65

Support/Oppose
Making TX Law like
CO/WA

Support 61%

46%

61%

67%

59%

Strongly support 41%

43%

46%

43%

34%

Oppose 30%

39%

30%

26%

30%

Som ew hat support 17%

18%

17%

15%

18%

14%

9%

7%

11%

Som ew hat oppose 14%

18%

11%

12%

20%

Strongly oppose 24%

21%

22%

26%

25%

4%

4%

3%

Not sure

9%

Not sure

September 27-29, 2013

survey of 860 Texas voters

3%

3020 Highwoods Blvd.

Raleigh, NC 27604
information@publicpolicypolling.com / 888 621-6988