BOSTON – A recent WBUR poll suggests that a growing majority of voters support recreational marijuana in the Bay State, while an increasing number oppose lifting the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts.
At the same time, support for Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump remained unchanged since the last WBUR poll released last month with Clinton at 54 percent and Trump at 28 percent when third party candidates are included.
The poll, released Wednesday conducted by MassINC Polling Group, shows 55 percent of likely voters surveyed intend to vote yes on Question 4, which would legalize recreational marijuana. Forty percent said they opposed the measure. Support has grown since the last WBUR poll in September, when 50 percent of respondents said they supported legal marijuana and 45 percent said they were opposed.
Five percent of voters in both the September and the October polls said they were undecided.
Opposition to Question 2, which would raise the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in Massachusetts, also grew since September, when 41 percent of voters surveyed said they were in favor of the measure, with 38 percent opposed and 11 percent undecided. In the October poll, 52 percent said they were voting no, 41 intended to vote yes and 6 percent were undecided.
Support for a the ballot measure that would prohibit certain types of confinement for farm animals continues to remain strong. In both the September and October poll, 66 percent of respondents said they’re voting yes on Question 3.
Opposition remains strong to Question 1, which would allow the state to issue an additional slots parlor gaming license, with 58 percent of respondents saying they intend to vote no and 34 percent said they’ll vote yes.
The MassINC Polling Group surveyed 502 likely Massachusetts voters on behalf of WBUR. Phone interviews were conducted Oct. 13 to 16 via landlines and cell phones.
Chris Lindahl can be reached at clindahl@gazettenet.com