Below are various ways to sort our 1,263 requests for response sent to the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and Gubernatorial candidates (prior to the Nov. 5th elections) on the question "Should smoked marijuana be a medical option now?"327 responses we have received as of Nov. 5, 2002.
[Note: We have incorporated into our responses the recent results of effectively the same question from Wisconsin NORML and the Drug Policy Alliance polls, and some results from third parties representing the candidates' views on the question.]
I.
Recap:
Party:
U.S. Senate
House of Rep.
Gubernatorial
Combined
# of Responses
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
Requested
Received
Democrat:
3
0
44
3
2
1
79.03%
6.78%
410
62
Green:
9
0
19
0
12
0
100%
0%
53
36
Independent:
9
2
5
1
6
0
74.07%
11.11%
51
27
Libertarian:
16
0
93
0
12
0
99.18%
0%
196
122
Republican:
1
4
14
13
1
4
34.04%
44.68%
443
47
Other:
4
4
11
3
6
1
63.64%
24.24%
110
33
TOTAL
42
10
186
20
35
6
80.43%
11.01%
1,263
327
II.
Responses per Party (combined U.S. Sentate, House and Governor races):
Party
#/% of Responses to Medical MJ
Total # of Responses Received
Total Requests Sent
% Responses
Yes
No
Un*
Rf*
1.
Democrat
49 79.03%
4 6.45%
6 9.68%
2 4.84%
62
410
15.12%
2.
Green
36 100%
0 0%
0 0%
0 0%
36
53
67.92%
3.
Independent
20 74.07%
3 11.11%
4 14.81%
0 0%
27
51
52.94%
4.
Libertarian
121 99.18%
0 0%
0 0%
1 0.82%
122
196
62.24%
5.
Republican
16 34.04%
21 44.68%
6 12.77%
4 14.81%
47
443
10.61%
6.
Other
21 63.64%
8 24.24%
4 12.12%
0 0%
33
110
30.00%
7.
TOTAL
263 80.43%
36 11.01%
20 6.12%
8 2.45%
327
1,263
25.89%
III.
Cumulative votes by party in the combined races (U.S. Senate, House and Governor):
Party/Responses
# of Responses
# of Comb. Total
% of Responses of Total Received (Col. F รท 327)
U.S. Senate
House
Governor
1.
Democrat - Yes
3
44
2
49
14.98%
- No
0
3
1
4
1.22%
- Undecided
4
2
0
6
1.83%
- Refused
2
1
0
3
0.92%
Dem. Total
9
50
3
62
18.96%
2.
Republican - Yes
1
14
1
16
4.89%
- No
4
13
4
21
6.42%
- Undecided
0
5
1
6
1.83%
- Refused
2
2
0
4
1.22%
Rep. Total
7
34
6
47
14.37%
3.
Libertarian - Yes
16
93
12
121
37.0%
- No
0
0
0
0
0%
- Undecided
0
0
0
0
0%
- Refused
1
0
0
1
0.31%
Lib. Total
17
93
12
122
37.31%
4.
Green - Yes
9
19
8
36
11.01
- No
0
0
0
0
0%
- Undecided
0
0
0
0
0%
- Refused
0
0
0
0
0%
Green Total
9
19
8
36
11.01
5.
Independent - Yes
9
5
6
20
6.12
- No
2
1
0
3
0.92
- Undecided
2
0
2
4
1.22
- Refused
0
0
0
0
0%
Ind. Total
b>13
6
8
27
8.26
6.
Other - Yes
4
11
6
21
6.42
- No
4
3
1
8
2.45%
- Undecided
3
0
1
4
1.22%
- Refused
0
0
0
0
0%
Other Total
11
14
7
33
10.09%
IV.
Requests to the question sent out for response:
Candidates
Candidate Party affiliation
U.S. Senate
House
Governor
# requests for response
# responses received
% responded
1.
Democrat
33
333
44
410
62
15.12%
2.
Republican
33
354
56
443
47
10.61%
3.
Libertarian
16
160
20
196
122
62.24%
4.
Green
7
30
16
53
36
67.92%
5.
Independent
15
9
27
51
27
52.94%
6.
Other
15
71
24
110
33
30.0%
7.
Total
119
957
187
1,263
327
25.89%
8.
# of responses received
66
216
45
327
9.
% of responses received
20.18%
66.06%
13.76%
100%
V.
Responses to the Question received:
Candidates
1.
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
Governor
Total
2.
Candidate/ Responses:
Yes
No
Un*
Rf*
Yes
No
Un*
Rf*
Yes
No
Un*
Rf*
3.
Democrat
3
0
4
2
44
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
62
4.
Republican
1
4
0
2
14
13
5
2
1
4
1
0
47
5.
Libertarian
16
0
0
1
93
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
122
6.
Green
9
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
36
7.
Independent
9
2
2
0
5
1
0
0
6
0
2
0
27
8.
Other
4
4
3
0
11
3
0
0
6
1
1
0
33
9.
Total
42
10
9
5
186
20
7
3
35
6
4
0
327
10.
Total Responses Returned
66
216
45
327
11.
% Returned
55.46%
22.57%
24.06%
25.89%
*Un = Undecided; Candidate acknowledged request of the poll question, but said he or she was currently undecided.
*Rf = Refused; candidate acknowledged receipt of the poll question, but has refused or declined to answer for various reasons. When reasons were given, they are posted in the candidate-by-candidate charts.
