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  Are Voters Afraid To Talk About Pot?
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Last EditedJason  Oct 23, 2010 11:26pm
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News DateSaturday, October 23, 2010 05:25:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWith Proposition 19 sinking in recent polls, the campaign to legalize pot argued Friday that it’s because voters are reluctant to tell pollsters their true feelings about marijuana.

The most recent Public Policy Institute of California poll has the measure failing 49 percent to 44 percent. The Yes on 19 campaign released its own poll, which has Prop. 19 winning and which the campaign said was automated to make people feel more comfortable talking about pot.

"As the polling shows, there still seems to be somewhat of a social stigma attached to marijuana and the politics surrounding it," said Dan Newman, a political strategist with the Yes On 19 campaign. "We're confident that when Californians find themselves in the privacy of voting booths on Nov. 2, they will vote to end decades of failed and harmful marijuana policies."
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