Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization
Two-thirds of Americans say marijuana use should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade.
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Two-thirds of Americans say marijuana use should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade.
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Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters
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The share of Americans who favor same sex marriage has grown in recent years, though there are still demographic and partisan divides.
The 2018 midterm elections significantly boosted the number of Millennials and Generation Xers in the lower chamber.
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As of November 2016, an estimated 62 million Millennials were voting-age U.S. citizens – moving closer in number to the 70 million Baby Boomers.
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