With less than 30 days to go before the 2016 general election decides the fate of our beleaguered nation, there’s little doubt those who support marijuana reform will likely be the true winners on the morning of November 9. Astonishing a few and pleasing the masses, a new poll shows 73% of Indiana’s likely voters support the legalization of medical marijuana in “The Hoosier State;” while another pot-centric survey shows 61% of New Mexico’s likely voters support the idea of legalizing the adult use of recreational marijuana.

In an exclusive poll of 600 likely voters conducted by Indiana’s WTHR News and Howey Politics Indiana, pollsters discovered that a large swath of Hoosiers support the idea of legalizing medical marijuana – by approximately 73%. Featuring the normal division down party lines, the poll discovered 82% of self-identified Democrats and 77% of Independents support the forward thinking idea of legalizing medical marijuana in the state of Indiana. And, demonstrating their empathy for Indiana’s sick and suffering, even the GOP respondents showed a respectable 59% approval for legalizing MMJ.

Suffering some of the harshest marijuana penalties in the US, individuals currently busted with just a single joint by Indiana’s finest could potentially face the soul-crushing penalty of one year in jail and a fine of up to $5000.

With marijuana decriminalized but not monetized in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and MMJ legal in the border state, constituents remain hopeful they will soon join their neighbors to the north in reducing crime and increasing tax revenue, as 61% of New Mexico’s likely voters expressed their support for legalizing recreational marijuana in a recent poll. After two years of watching Colorado rake in their newest pot-laced tax revenue and fund their schools with its chronic tax dollars, voters in NM between the ages of 18 and 34 support legalization by 82%, while 61% of likely voters strongly support it, according to pollster Brian Sanderoff.

“The new generation that is getting onto the voter rolls are more likely to support, so it’s only logical that support levels have been rising.”

Staring down the barrel of a $589 million budget shortfall, with no recreational marijuana tax revenue in sight to help save the day, Gov. Susana Martinez (R) called lawmakers into a special session two weeks ago to try and tackle their crippling cash crisis. According to marijuana.com’s Tom Angell, Rep. Bill McCamley (D), “who previously sponsored legalization legislation earlier this year and in 2015, plans to push a new bill in the state’s 2017 regular session that begins in January.”

That smells like progress to us.