By Dennis Romero | Los Angeles Times
Do you really want to see 90 percent of the marijuana dispensaries in the city close down?
Apparently you do. An internal poll by the folks backing May ballot Measure D, which would do just that, shows that likely voters favor the proposed city law by a rate of 52 percent. Opponents of the would-be ordinance don’t seem to disagree with that:
Garry South, campaign strategist for competing Measure F, which would permits most dispensaries to live on, admits that “D is ahead by more.”
He contends that both measures are winning with voters, although D’s polling shows that F is more opposed (48 percent) than favored (39 percent) by likely voters. The data shows that 32 percent oppose the stricter measure, D.
Its pollsters interviewed 618 likely voters — arguably a small sample size — between March 19 and 21. It claims a plus or minus four percent margin or error.
South said the pro-F camp has done internal polling as well but will not release the numbers because, “If you’re ahead you put it out, if not you don’t.”
But he argued that D is doing better because voters associate its letter with being higher on the ballot, which he says is always an advantage. He says pollsters would normally mention D to likely voters first, giving it a natural bump in their minds.
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If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept., rhurley@roselawgroup.com
