Gov. Larry Hogan leads Democrat Ben Jealous by 20 points, Post-U. Md. poll finds

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

With less than a month until Election Day, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has built a formidable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous, with few voters undecided, and most preferring the incumbent Republican even on key Jealous policy issues such as health care and education, a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds.

Likely voters in Maryland support Hogan by a 20-point margin, 58 percent to 38 percent. Just 5 percent have not settled on a candidate.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/gov-larry-hogan-leads-democrat-ben-jealous-by-20-points-post-u-md-poll-finds/2018/10/09/c1d23f40-cb40-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html

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I'd say a fair number of MD voters will split a ticket with Hogan and Cardin.

Worth remembering: Not every Republican politician is a Trump acolyte, and not every Republican voter is a sexist, racist bible-thumper.

[underthematrix]

1. This is not a criticism of Ben Jealous but I just never understood why he's running for Gov

of Maryland.

[JI7]

2. i read even in areas that are always blue that jealous has a smaller lead

than democrats usually have.

[IronLionZion]

3. Twice now MD Dems have decided to just give it to Hogan and not even try

Dude is popular in the state but come on. Maryland is supposed to be a dark blue state.

[JHan]

11. I think voters are way more flexible in how they approach gubernatorial elections.

Just a theory I have.

[JI7]

31. yup, when it comes to US Congress they take into Consideration Control of Congress

that's why mitch mcconnell won.

i think if it was a governor's race between Grimes and mcconnell that Grimes would have won.

[ananda]

4. Anybody who votes Reep ..

.. is allied to the party, and that party supports
fascist ideology, racism, sexism, homophobia,
and a classist society for the rich.

So if a Reep is associated with the party, then
they are all those things.

Period.

[brooklynite]

15. ...and that also applies to the Democrats voting for him?

[recentevents]

25. YES

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[brooklynite]

27. You'll be attacking a lot of Elizabeth Warren voters...

[recentevents]

33. And?

Anybody, anybody who votes for a Republican in this day in age is questionable. Don't care if it's only for dog catcher. Any support for Republican platform at any level is tainted.

[MiniMe]

5. I have yet to see a Jealous ad on TV, seen plenty of Hogan ads

Most of them put out by the RNCC. The ads they put out are good, mostly untrue but effective.

[BlueStater]

6. From everything I've heard, Jealous is an awful candidate running a terrible campaign.

We can write this one off.

[NurseJackie]

7. Sad. But I'm not at all surprised.

[David__77]

8. White Democrats for Hogan.

According to another poll that's from late last month (https://cdn.s3-media.wbal.com/Media/2018/09/27/75e03440-72f7-4096-ac56-1e6672ffcc33/original.pdf):

- 17% of black voters support Hogan;
- 65% of white voters support Hogan; and
- 32% of Democrats support Hogan.

I understand that 17% black support is high for a Republican. That said: it seems that a lot of white Democrats are supporting Hogan. While cross-tabs by party by race aren't given, I think it's entirely possible that they would show more white Democrats supporting Hogan than the Democratic candidate. I think that, given the underlying demographic data, at least 40% of white Democrats who responded to the poll reporting supporting the Republican candidate.

[7962]

9. Your point is a good one, but lost on most here.

Where anyone "R" is automatically all the things you listed. I guess its easier to dismiss an entire group by saying those things. And an earlier comment already has.
I deal with people on a weekly basis who I'm sure are "R" voters, and I also know they're not racist, sexist, etc. They ARE different though. But a few are also tiring of trumps antics from what I overhear.

[liberal_patriot_md]

10. Look at his positions

Nothing to get in a twist over. He’s a centrist fiscal conservative. Not a Trumper. Didn’t support Kavanaugh. Supports DACA and recalled MD NG from the border over the zero tolerance policy.

Besides the state legislature is solidly blue, so not as if he can do much damage if he wanted.

This is the type of governance we should see more of - not less.

[elleng]

12. We do have decent governance in MD,

recently education may be worst part.

Fact of blue state legislature may be a major part: We don't SEE damage hard righters do elsewhere.

[David__77]

13. I understand your points.

Not all politicians of a party are alike.

Do you support Hogan in this election?

[brooklynite]

16. I don't vote in Maryland...

As far as finance, I'm not giving money to anyone in Maryland.

[turbinetree]

26. I live in Maryland and Hogan is in my opinion just like Andy Harris

the only thing that is saving him in my opinion was him signing the Maryland health care bill, which in my opinion does not go far enough.....................and on other matters he really hasn't done much, he really is a businessman (realtor)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-ci-hogan-business-20180708-story.html


He and his company made a lot of money on the federal tax cuts, through the pass through s...................as far as I am concern he's full of it.....................


https://www.mddems.org/press/hogans-hoaxes-why-hogan-afraid-run-his-real-record

[Turin_C3PO]

20. Yes but still.

Unless the Dem is crooked or conservative, a liberal should win in a blue state like Maryland. Maybe I’m missing something, that’s certainly a possibility lol.

[BigDemVoter]

14. WTF???

Maryland is a strong Democratic state. WTF are they doing voting for a repig? I don't care if he's good or if he's tolerant or if he's done good things for the state. I am at a point where a fucking repig is a fucking repig, no excuses tolerated.

[NurseJackie]

18. I'm really surprised that Bernie's endorsement and appearance with him hasn't helped...

Even though I voted for Rushern Baker, I felt certain that with a Bernie Sanders endorsement, that would all but guarantee that Ben Jealous would be headed to the Governor's mansion.

But, I wonder if it would help anything if Bernie Sanders returned here to help FIRE UP all the progressives who seem to have lost interest in voting for Ben Jealous (or maybe they just never had interest to begin with).

Whatever is it's that's going on... and whatever it is that is keeping Ben Jealous from gaining traction, I must say that it's very disappointing.

[Turin_C3PO]

19. Did Bernie win MD in the primaries?

I honestly can’t remember. I supported Sanders but his endorsement may not help much.

[NurseJackie]

21. I don't know if Bernie's endorsement helped Jealous to win the primaries or if it was a non-event...

I don't know if Bernie's endorsement helped Jealous to win the primaries or if it was a non-event that didn't help one way or the other. But, as far as I can tell, Bernie isn't all that popular in Maryland anyway. I wonder if endorsements can have a negative effect on a campaign.

[Cha]

22. No.

[George II]

23. You can find out the winners of all the primaries on google, here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016

[qazplm135]

28. Just a lesson that even in blue states

Not everyone is a progressive

[NurseJackie]

35. Correct! I guess Vermont-style politics doesn't always go-over very well in other places...

... I suspect that the different racial, cultural and economic demographics have something to do with that as well.

All I'm trying to say is that when it comes to things like this, the "one-size-fits-all" political philosophy doesn't always work when dealing with a more diverse population.

[JI7]

30. Sanders did not do well at all in the Maryland Primary

[recentevents]

24. I'll be saving this thread

DU's being OK with Dem's voting for a Republican. Not vehemently supporting the Democratic nominee for office.

I've got a good idea why though. #dividedwefall

[smooth64]

29. Ben is on Make It Pain Mark Thompson's show every week

He doesn't take pac money from Corporations his support is of small donors like Bernie did that's why you don't see him running ads on TV and is targeting new voters and people who normally sit out elections and is trying to run a election on the ground. He may loose but don't be surprise if this election is closer than the polls show.These polls are of likely voters who normally vote

[RandiFan1290]

32. Nice try

Never met a republicon that wasn't a racist.

Bad attempt, Chris

1/10