Gov. Larry Hogan (R) remains broadly popular, according to a newly-released poll – even as President Trump’s numbers in Maryland are an upside-down mirror image of the governor’s. And Marylanders dislike the GOP-led Congress even more than they disapprove of Trump.
In this era of non-stop political turmoil at the national level, a plurality of Maryland voters believes Hogan, who is seen as a political moderate, represents the future of the Republican Party.
But the survey also carries some potential peril for the governor. Hogan’s re-election numbers – voters who say they would definitely vote for his re-election or are leaning toward doing so – do not correspond to his general popularity and are down from a previous poll. And a greater percentage of voters believes the state is on the wrong track than they did seven months ago.
The results come from the latest Goucher Poll, conducted under the auspices of the Sarah T. Hughes Politics Center at Goucher College. The poll of 671 Maryland adults was taken Sept. 14-17 and had a 3.8-point margin of error.
