Poll: Hogan leads Jealous in Maryland governor's race by double-digits
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has a considerable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous and is supported by slightly more than half of likely voters, according to a poll released Tuesday by Gonzales Research and Media Services.
Hogan, who has governed as a moderate and repeatedly distanced himself from Republicans in Washington, leads Jealous 52 percent to 36 percent with 11 percent of likely voters undecided. The margin is similar to Hogan’s 18-point lead in a June poll by the same firm.
The poll raises questions about whether Jealous can expand his appeal beyond the progressive base that elected him in a six-way primary. It found that while Hogan remains widely popular in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1, the unfavorability ratings for Jealous, a former NAACP president, have increased over the past two months.
While 19 percent of surveyed voters held a negative view of Hogan, 33 percent said they felt that way about Jealous — a 19-point spike since the last Gonzales survey. The increase is primarily among Republicans and independent voters and is particularly pronounced among Republicans, whose disapproval of Jealous rocketed from 21 percent to 71 percent.
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I thought this post was going to be about Crocodile Dundee.
