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Related: About this forumJealous Lags in Latest Poll
A new Goucher Poll released Tuesday has Gov. Larry Hogan leading Democratic challenger Ben Jealous by 22 points, despite high levels of support in Maryland for progressive policies.
According to the poll, 54 percent of likely voters in the state said they will vote for Hogan over Jealous.
However, a majority of those polled also expressed support for a $15 minimum wage, legalized recreational marijuana, and a single-payer health care system all of which are policies Jealous promotes.
I think it speaks to the fact that Jealous has not been on the airwaves at all this entire summer, said Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center, where she oversees the Goucher Poll.
Read more: http://www.wypr.org/post/jealous-lags-latest-poll
still_one
(96,542 posts)policies, according to this polll, yet they dont support the candidate that expresses those policies
and while it may have validity that adervertising matters, people who vote should make it their duty to know where candidates stand on the issues, and not have to be spoon fed with a 30 second political ad
democratic friend
(137 posts)Big time democrats who are voting for hogan. I dont get it. They love him for some reason.
still_one
(96,542 posts)democratic friend
(137 posts)Weirder is that a majority of democrats will vote split ticket most likely. They will vote repug Governor and democrats for everything else. Weird!!!!
elleng
(136,071 posts)I haven't heard such, but I haven't discussed it with many.
democratic friend
(137 posts)I need to be more precise in my post.
elleng
(136,071 posts)democratic friend
(137 posts)alarimer
(16,575 posts)But I was on the MD Democrats Facebook page and there several comments how they would vote for Hogan. Hogan is only not that bad because he has a veto-proof Dem majority. He is very limited.
Still, I sniped at these folks not to call themselves Democrats if they dont vote for Jealous. I hold my nose to vote for Democrats, even if they are not particularly good ones. Now the shoe is in the other foot and they cant do the same? Funny how that works.
I havent been on this site so I dont know how much discussion there has been of this race. Where does the vote D or else contigent stand?
Im not sure why Jealous has elicited this response, but maybe its just that hes a long shot. Or maybe something worse.