From The Washington Post:
Tuesday’s elections were described by some as the “marijuana midterms” even before the first votes were cast. The results lived up to that moniker, as Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. [Michael Tesler is an assistant professor of political science at UC Irvine.}

For the full story, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/11/10/how-democrats-derailed-marijuana-legalization-in-california/.