So while every stoner in the world was busy crashing California's Secretary of State website, one hand holding the bong, the other hitting the refresh button -- apparently, while admimring their college diplomas -- Californians, who legalized medical marijuana 14 years ago, gave a resounding "no" to legalizing marijuana for everyone.
Men and women opposed it. Voters of every race and ethnicity opposed it. Asian American voters were most strongly against it, 62% to 38%, according to the poll conducted by Edison Research for the National Voter Pool, a consortium of the major television news networks and the Associated Press.
Voters 65 and older opposed it by more than 2 to 1. Support was strongest among voters between 18 and 24, who went for it 64% to 36%. Voters between 25 and 29 narrowly backed it, 52% to 48%.
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Neither income nor education seemed to make a big difference, although voters with a high school degree or less were most strongly opposed, turning 61% to 39% against it.
So we re-elect Jerry Brown and vote down pot? This really was a strange election.