South Dakota voters divided over ballot measures on abortion, marijuana

Voters in South Dakota are closely divided on the issues of legalizing recreational marijuana and protecting abortion access, which will both appear as ballot measures in the state in November, according to a new poll.

The Emerson College Polling/KELO-TV/The Hill survey found slight advantages for the side against both of these measures, but only slighty. The poll found 50 percent of respondents said they oppose legalizing recreational marijuana, compared to 45 percent who support it, while 48 percent oppose the measure that would create a right to abortion in the state constitution and 45 percent support it.

The remaining 7 percent on the marijuana measure and 5 percent on the abortion measure were undecided.

Both of these issues are key initiatives for Democrats that have demonstrated some amount of bipartisan support in other states with similar measures on the ballot. About half of all states have legalized recreational marijuana.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4949845-south-dakota-voters-poll-recreational-marijuana-abortion/