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One of the easiest trends to analyze is whether the state votes blue or red. Over the last four presidential elections there are:
16 that the Democrats won every presidential election
22 that the Republicans won every presidential election
This leaves 12 states somewhere in the middle.
7 that the Democrats won 3 out of 4 presidential elections
2 that the Republicans won 3 out of 4 presidential elections
3 that have voted Democrat and Republican 50/50
Of the 16 blue states, 7 have legalized recreational cannabis, or almost 44%. These states are Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine.
Of the 22 red states, just 1 has legalized recreational cannabis. Alaska is currently the only “red” state to have legalized recreational cannabis, making up less than 5% of the group.
The other two states with legal recreational cannabis are Colorado and Nevada, who have voted democrat 3 out of the last 4 elections.
It’s hard to argue that the above trend between legalization and political preferences doesn’t exist. But what about Alaska? Alaska is one of only two states not directly connected to mainland United States. Another factor could be that it is landlocked on one side by Canada, the second country in the world to fully legalize recreational cannabis.
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