Proposition 19 and ideas of legalization fail to pass

Did Proposition 19 pass, or did it fail? It did not pass. Prop 19 in California, or Proposition 19, didn’t pass at the polls. The defeat was not too close, as 54 voted against and 46 for. The majority of California districts voted it down. If it had passed, legalized weed would have been the result in CA.

Proposition 19 defeated

Numerous wanted to know what was going to happen with Proposition 19 as California is a state that sets the national standards. Prop 19 in CA, the controversial estimate that would have legalized cannabis, hit a brick wall to collect enough votes to pass. The gauge barely passed in San Francisco although that had been the only place it passed. San Franciscans approved the measure, based on the Los Angeles Times, 51 percent to 49 percent in exit polls. Cable News Network accounts that Proposition 19 was defeated 54 to 46 percent, although there is no way of knowing the final results in California for a while.

Measure carried by youthful voters

Exit polls show that those who did vote for Prop 19 were typically those younger than 29 years. Voters aged 18 to 24 were the strongest supporters, with 64 percent for and 36 percent against. 48 percent were against the measure while 52 wanted it in voters which were 25 to 29. People 65 and older were the sternest opposition, as more than 67 percent were against Prop 19. Over 70 percent of repub-licans in CA were in opposition to the gauge passing too. 55 percent of democrats wanted the measure to pass while 45 percent were in opposition to it. This is close to the 54 percent for and 46 percent in opposi-tion to that originated from independents. Passing it had been something 61 percent of those with less than a high school education wanted. About 31 percent of those wanted it to pass.

It is nevertheless banned

Medical marijuana is quite common in California as the laws you will find fairly relaxed. The campaign to pass Prop 19 got a last minute donation from billionaire George Soros, but it was not enough. 2012 will be when Califor-nians can finally have the possibility to possibly change the law again.

Articles cited

Los Angeles Times

latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/prop-19-to-legalize-pot-had-strong-support-from-young-but-only-the-bay-area-tilted-toward-the-measure-exit-polls-found.html

CNN

cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#CAI01