Poll: Marylanders Continue To Give Hogan High Marks, Biden’s Popularity Dips

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Marylanders proceed to clasp Gov. Larry Hogan successful a favorable light.

According to the latest Goucher Poll, 68% of residents o.k. of the occupation Hogan is doing arsenic governor, with 59% saying the authorities is heading successful the close direction.

Of the 700 Marylanders surveyed, 22% said they disapproved of the Republican governor’s show and 7% said they did not know.

Hogan’s support standing has remained beauteous accordant implicit the past respective years, contempt Maryland being a authorities wherever Democrats outnumber Republicans by astir 2 to 1. In October 2020, 71% of respondents gave Hogan a favorable review, and successful September 2019, it was 64%.

In the second poll, lone a plurality of Marylanders–46%–thought the authorities was going successful the close direction, compared with 35% who thought the authorities was connected the incorrect track.

Support for President Joe Biden successful Maryland is not astir arsenic strong. Only 53% of respondents said they o.k. of the occupation the president is doing, a 9-point driblet from March, according to the poll.

Broken down by governmental party, Democrats and Republicans are, unsurprisingly, sharply divided connected Biden’s performance. According to the poll, 80% of Democrats o.k. of however he’s tally the country, portion 88% of Republicans disapprove. Among autarkic voters, a slim majority–51%–disapprove.

When asked astir the authorities government’s spending priorities, respondents were beauteous evenly divided connected fund items specified arsenic nationalist transportation, unemployment assistance, and lodging and assemblage development. But a bulk of those surveyed–54%– said Maryland spends “too little” connected nationalist education.

According to the poll, 31% of respondents said Maryland spends the “right amount” connected schools, and lone 9% said the authorities allocates “too much” wealth for education.

Earlier this year, the Maryland General Assembly overrode Hogan’s veto of a measure to inject $4 cardinal into acquisition spending implicit the adjacent decade.

Nearly 60% of residents agreed the authorities spends the “right amount” connected authorities parks.

Pollsters with Goucher College interviewed 700 Marylanders for the survey from Oct. 14-20. Of those interviewed, 631 Maryland adults identified arsenic registered voters. There’s a borderline of mistake of positive oregon minus 3.7 percent points.

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The aforesaid poll recovered that 60% of residents enactment making recreational cannabis ineligible successful Maryland.