In 3 states, pot is more popular than everyone running for president

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Presidential candidates looking for a popularity boost in swing states may want to consider an unconventional running mate: weed.

In Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, support for legalizing medical and recreational marijuana is far outpacing the support garnered by anyone running for president:

(Washington Post)

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It's perhaps no coincidence that Sen. Rand Paul, who ranks as the most popular GOP candidate in two out of the three states, is also the Republican who has most vocally advocated decriminalization of recreational pot use and legalization of medical marijuana.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.