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Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by David Farrar that was first published 31st October 2020.
Who Voted For and Against in the Cannabis Referendum
Curia has done a poll of 1,800 voters, post-election. The results are weighted to gender, age, area and the election and referendum result. These give an indication of which demographics voted yes and no.
Overall: Yes 47%
Women: Yes 46%
Men: Yes 48%
Auckland: Yes 51%
Wellington: Yes 51%
Christchurch: Yes 47%
Prov Cities: Yes 45%
Large Towns: Yes 37%
Small Towns: Yes 48%
Rural centres: Yes 45%
Rural: Yes 43%
18-30: Yes 70%
31-45: Yes 54%
46-60: Yes 40%
61+: Yes 34%
HH Income bottom Quintile: Yes 43%
HH 2nd bottom Quintile: Yes 42%
HH Middle Quintile: Yes 48%
HH 2nd top Quintile: Yes 48%
HH top Quintile: Yes 51%
Self-Employed: Yes 49%
FT Employed: Yes 50%
PT Employed: Yes 39%
Retired: Yes 34%
Students: Yes 84%
Beneficiaries: Yes 74%
White collar jobs: Yes 51%
Blue collar jobs: Yes 43%
Europeans: Yes 44%
Maori: Yes 61%
National: Yes 23%
Labour: Yes 55%
ACT: Yes 37%
Greens: Yes 91%
So the demographics that voted yes were Auckland, Wellington, Under 45s, Top quintile HH income, Students, Beneficiaries, White collar workers, Maori, Labour, Greens.
The demographics that voted no were Men, Women, Christchurch, Provincial cities, towns and rural, Over 45s, All income brackets below the top quintile, PT employees, self-employed, blue collar workers, Europeans, National, ACT.
The demographic most in favour was students at 84%. The demographic most against was National voters at 23%.
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