According to progressive blog site "Fire Dog Lake," having legalization of marijuana on the November ballot in Alaska could save the U. S. Senate for the Democrats. Now that's a provocative statement, but the reasoning is sound.
Because of several factors having to do with their legislative schedule, the Alaska election officials have had to move the marijuana legalization vote from the August primary to the November general election.
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich's race is considered to be the most competitive one in the U.S. senate this year, in which it could come down to one seat margin. A George Washington Battleground poll found that 69% of young voters say they would be more likely to go to the polls if the marijuana question is on the ballot. And Democrats have a 13 point advantage with voters under 30.
Simple math: legalizing weed could save the senate, even though not a single senator has been willing to endorse the legalization.
Ralph
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