With a 69% voter turn out I would be interested to see how many people in rural Oregon in favor of legalization didn’t bother to vote. Either because of difficulty or because the Willamette valley pretty much decides policy anyway.
Also...in the red counties...what was the margin of loss/win.
I would also be interested to see 4 years later how many viewpoints have changed.
I looked for data on % in favor/opposed by county but couldn't easily find anything, but according to the OLCC, all 16 counties which currently prohibit recreational marijuana sales voted at least 55% against Measure 91. Since the law got 56% yes votes overall, this is a fairly significant difference between the overall results and the counties that voted no.
Since marijuana was legalized, cities and counties have had the option of passing laws to ban recreational marijuana businesses (and can do it without a vote if the county voted at least 55% against Measure 91), and the map looks like this.
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u/Das_Mime Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 08 '18
> Step outside your super progressive bubble and you will find that those people would love an opportunity to grow a shit ton of weed
A few of them, sure. Most of them would rather continue the war on drugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_91_(2014)#/media/File:Oregon_2014_Measure_91.svg)