Quote Originally Posted by eccentric
...it's losing by 6%. That's a crushing defeat really; it doesn't sound like much, but propositions don't often do too much worse.
This statement is simply not true. We had 9 propositions on the ballot this year, and of the 5 that failed, all of the others failed by at least twice the percentage points as did 19.

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The irony is that the yes vote (46%) is exactly what the latest national polls show supporting cannabis legalization.