{"id":686,"date":"2016-03-01T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2018-05-23T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T01:03:52","slug":"where-do-remaining-presidential-hopefuls-stand-on-marijuana-super-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/where-do-remaining-presidential-hopefuls-stand-on-marijuana-super-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Tuesday: Where Do Remaining Presidential Hopefuls Stand on Marijuana?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today presidential hopefuls from both sides of the aisle stand to pick up more delegates than any other single day in the primaries, making it &#8211; <em>that&#8217;s right<\/em> &#8211; \u00a0Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Presidential Hopefuls<\/h2>\n<p>There are a bunch of primaries and caucuses\u00a0going down today,\u00a0including in states like Alaska and Colorado where marijuana is already recreationally legal for adult-use. Vermont, which has recently come out strong in support of legalizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/right-of-adults-to-cannabis\/\">adult-use marijuana<\/a>, is also holding its presidential primaries today.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve talked before about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/why-we-cant-help-feelin-the-bern\/\">Feelin&#8217; the Bern<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s not that we endorse any specific presidential hopefuls over another but it is no secret that Sanders is the most open and perhaps progressive candidate in the race when it comes to marijuana and his support of legalization nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>So where does that leave the rest of the pack? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpp.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)<\/a> has graded 2016 presidential hopefuls according to their <em>on the record<\/em> positioning around marijuana legalization. \u00a0Here&#8217;s, according to MPP, how the rest of the pack stacks up:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Republican Candidates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Carson &#8211; Marijuana Grade: D<\/li>\n<li>Ted Cruz &#8211; Marijuana Grade: C<\/li>\n<li>John Kasich &#8211; Marijuana Grade: C-<\/li>\n<li>Marco Rubio &#8211; Marijuana Grade: D<\/li>\n<li>Donald Trump &#8211; Marijuana Grade: C+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Democratic Candidates\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hillary Clinton &#8211; Marijuana Grade: B<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Sanders &#8211; Marijuana Grade: A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Super Tuesday! 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