Might indeed benefit the Dems.
America has become a nation of dopehead dregs.
Don't confuse news reports with reality. The reporters are nearly all liberals who had their objectivity surgically removed in college, and want to create the perception that just about everyone either smokes pot or wants to.
Then again, lots of Libertarian, Independents, and Conservatives don’t like the heavy hand the War on Drugs grants to the government.
Actually, it is really welfare dregs. Pot may be a cause or a side effect, but welfare is a bigger problem than pot.
You know, after looking at the real consequences of smoking pot, not the hyperbole most conservatives believe in, the most prevalent way of having pot ruin your life is to get caught selling it.
We can all see the train rumbling down the track, straight at us. If instead of fighting a rear-guard action, we got out in front of the train and just pushed legalization, we might not pick up any voters, but we would certainly disincentivize a block of liberal voters.
Would you rather have legal pot, or more Obama wealth redistribution? I know you don't want either one, but sometimes we have to choose the lesser evil to eliminate the bigger one.