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Ardern's refusal to take sides 'may have been a decisive factor' in cannabis referendum


Ardern s refusal to take sides may have been a decisive factor in cannabis referendum - experts
Newshub
8/03/2021
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Kathy Errington on The AM Show.
The campaign to legalise cannabis last year might have failed because of Labour s self-imposed neutrality , despite their voters being overwhelmingly in favour of change.
A new poll, conducted by UMR and backed by the pro-legalisation Helen Clark Foundation, found 81 percent of Labour supporters are in favour of legalisation or decriminalisation, behind only the Greens (93 percent).
Most National supporters also favour legalisation or decriminalisation - 52 percent - while ACT supporters were the least liberal of the four main parties the poll cited, split 51-49.  ....

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Jacinda Ardern's refusal to take sides 'may have been a decisive factor' in cannabis referendum - experts


It came down to about 67,000 votes so it was very close, Helen Clark Foundation executive director Kathy Errington told The AM Show on Tuesday. 
Any number of things could have swung it. It s very hard to campaign in favour of something that is illegal because it is very hard for people to come out and say that they re doing it, and that they like to do it and they don t want to stop. 
There s a whole lot of reasons that campaign was very, very tricky. Nonetheless it is what it is - the result is there and we did reject that proposed legal framework.   ....

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