Show Of Hands asked: 07/07/2013
Roughly 350,000 people are in U.S. Federal or State prisons for drug crimes. Socially and economically, would society be better off releasing them all, or keeping them locked up?
Let 'em go Lock 'em up
Let 'em go Lock 'em up
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Let 'em go Lock 'em up
47% 53%
7,617 Votes
47% 53%
Gender
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Age
<2121-40>40 66%50%45%
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Income
<50k50-100k>100k 52%47%46%
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Party
DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian 65%22%50%67%
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Alaska (40 votes)
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Alaska
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Alabama
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53% 47%
Arkansas
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42% 58%
Arizona
(183 votes)
47% 53%
California
(749 votes)
50% 50%
Colorado
(206 votes)
50% 50%
Connecticut
(88 votes)
52% 48%
Wash. D.C.
(17 votes)
47% 53%
Delaware
(20 votes)
60% 40%
Florida
(380 votes)
48% 52%
Georgia
(197 votes)
45% 55%
Guam
(0 votes)
100%
Hawaii
(15 votes)
33% 67%
Iowa
(71 votes)
53% 47%
Idaho
(55 votes)
36% 64%
Illinois
(312 votes)
51% 49%
Indiana
(182 votes)
41% 59%
Kansas
(69 votes)
47% 53%
Kentucky
(107 votes)
46% 54%
Louisiana
(86 votes)
48% 52%
Mass.
(176 votes)
61% 39%
Maryland
(139 votes)
48% 52%
Maine
(27 votes)
55% 45%
Michigan
(239 votes)
46% 54%
Minnesota
(173 votes)
50% 50%
Missouri
(170 votes)
47% 53%
Mississippi
(39 votes)
53% 47%
Montana
(32 votes)
56% 44%
N. Carolina
(211 votes)
43% 57%
N. Dakota
(30 votes)
50% 50%
Nebraska
(53 votes)
49% 51%
N. Hampshire
(41 votes)
41% 59%
New Jersey
(176 votes)
51% 49%
New Mexico
(39 votes)
43% 57%
Nevada
(76 votes)
60% 40%
New York
(337 votes)
47% 53%
Ohio
(347 votes)
43% 57%
Oklahoma
(115 votes)
43% 57%
Oregon
(159 votes)
49% 51%
Penn.
(318 votes)
45% 55%
Puerto Rico
(3 votes)
66% 34%
R. Island
(32 votes)
43% 57%
S. Carolina
(86 votes)
47% 53%
South Dakota
(26 votes)
42% 58%
Tennessee
(144 votes)
38% 62%
Texas
(590 votes)
37% 63%
Utah
(149 votes)
32% 68%
Virginia
(246 votes)
53% 47%
Virgin Is.
(0 votes)
100%
Vermont
(25 votes)
60% 40%
Washington
(255 votes)
52% 48%
Wisconsin
(138 votes)
45% 55%
W. Virginia
(35 votes)
34% 66%
Wyoming
(19 votes)
57% 43%
Last updated: 2024-04-24T11:58:39+00:00