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Peter1469
04-06-2016, 06:24 PM
Maryland governor: highest approval rating since 1998 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-is-most-popular-md-governor-since-at-least-1998/2016/04/05/57819f6e-fb3b-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html)

After a year on the job Hogan is the most popular governor in Maryland since 1998.


Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s popularity has soared to record levels in heavily Democratic Maryland, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll (http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/politics/washington-post-university-of-maryland-poll-march-30-april-3-2016/2008/).

About two-thirds of Marylanders, 66 percent, approve of Hogan’s tenure more than a year after he took office, up 5 percentage points since October and higher than any governor in Post polls dating to 1998. His predecessor, Martin O’Malley (D), did not come close to Hogan’s level of approval in his eight-year tenure.

Read the rest at the link.

Hopefully Hogan can fix all the damage done by the past administrations.

Ravens Fan
04-06-2016, 07:18 PM
He is trying, but the Democrat controlled State Legislature is still ignoring the will of the people here. On certain things he has been able to work both sides of the isles, but on some of the more important issues, even with bipartisan support from most Marylanders, the Dems in charge are fighting him tooth and nail.

The good thing is, though, that he does have unprecedented favorability numbers, from both Dems and Republicans. He also has mastered the social media game on Facebook and Twitter, presenting his case for every move he makes and even running polls to see what the people think/want. Those Democrats running the Legislature do not like how he calls them out immediately after they vote against popular opinion, but since they do not have but a small fraction of the following that he does, he has the upper hand.

Peter1469
04-06-2016, 07:23 PM
I deliberately avoided Maryland when I moved to this area. They are special.