Simfish/InquilineKea's Thoughts

sometimes, if someone wants X legalized, he would be rational to vote against reduced penalties of X. So his preference might be Legalize > reduced penalties > harsh penalties

Since the harsh penalties are often what motivate others to legalize X (even though they still don’t approve of X). Their preference might be Reduced penalties > legalize > harsh penalties. Many of them would vote against legalization if people agreed on reduced penalties of X first.