By Geoff Smith (@smithco on Twitter)

Sentiment grows towards pro-choice, marriage equality, pot use

Oct 28, 2016 | 9:50 AM

Public sentiment appears to be continuing to shift towards personal choice, according to the latest poll from the Citizen Society Research Lab at Lethbridge College.

The survey finds:

– 85 per cent of those surveyed support the pro-choice position on abortion, up from 78 per cent in 2009. That number is lowest in the south region, at 81 per cent, and highest in the two largest cities.

– 87 per cent favour keeping medicinal marijuana legal, up from 74 per cent seven years ago. However support for recreational pot is still down from the 2009 survey. It’s at 47 per cent, with its strongest support in the south region at 52 per cent.

– Support for same sex marriage has reached 83 per cent support provincewide, up from 66 per cent. In the south region the number is 81 per cent.

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– On the question of doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill, support provincewide has grown to 85 per cent, from 64 per cent in 2009.

– The death penalty for people convicted of first-degree murder received 59 per cent support, with higher numbers for the rural areas than the cities.

The questions were asked as part of a study conducted by Lethbridge College students Oct.1 to 8. They spoke by phone wtih 1,513 adults. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

by Geoff Smith (@smithco on Twitter)

Sentiment grows towards pro-choice, marriage equality, pot use

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