Why is Mohave, Arizona's Reddest County, so Pro-Weed?

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The measure overwhelmingly passed in Kingman, which is what delivered the strong county margin.

Is there a results breakdown by city that you could link to? And you gave great points, thank you! Though I will point out that Kingman is only a 7th of the county population.

For 2016, Mohave County's precincts don't follow municipal boundaries, but we can approximately say:

Bullhead City
Trump 68.6, Clinton 26.8
Yes 51.2, No 48.8 (+44.0 margin over Clinton)

Kingman
Trump 71.6, Clinton 21.3
No 50.2, Yes 49.8 (+49.9 margin over Clinton)

Lake Havasu City
Trump 75.7, Clinton 19.8
No 52.1, Yes 47.9 (+51.8 margin over Clinton)

Colorado City (FLDS country)
Trump 83.7, Johnson 10.3, Clinton 2.8
No 51.1, Yes 48.9 (+78.7 margin over Clinton)

The measure bombed in the two more Native precincts while doing very well in rural Mohave County. In the non-Native rural precincts, Yes won 52.2-47.8 while Trump won 73.9-21.7, which is a 56.7% margin over Clinton. One rural precinct (Oatman) was won by Trump 79.4-16.7 but voted Yes 63.0-37.0 which is an 88.8% margin over Clinton.

In 2020, we saw similar patterns of overperformance for Yes relative to Biden:

Bullhead City
Trump 69.8, Biden 28.7
Yes 62.1, No 37.9 (+65.3 over Biden)

Kingman
Trump 73.9, Biden 24.2
Yes 58.9, Biden 41.1 (+67.5 over Biden)

Lake Havasu City
Trump 77.5, Biden 21.3
Yes 58.8, No 41.2 (+73.7 over Biden)

Colorado City
Trump 95.1, Biden 3.7
Yes 54.6, No 45.4 (+100.7 over Biden)

Non-Native rurals
Trump 75.2, Biden 23.5
Yes 61.9, No 38.1 (+75.4 over Biden)

Native rurals
Biden 74.6, Trump 24.1
Yes 61.1, No 38.9 (-28.3 under Biden)