Poll Finds O'Malley "Well-positioned"
Findings of a new poll suggest that Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is "well-situated to build on his position with voters as he tenure evolves."
The poll, by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies, found that 50 percent of Maryland voters have a favorable opinion of O'Malley, a figure Gonzales says is "decent." Another 23 percent have an unfavorable opinion, while 24 percent are neutral and 3 percent don't recognize O'Malley.
Moreover, several of O'Malley's top legislative priorities enjoy widespread support. For example, 81 percent support O'Malley's proposal to spend $400 million on school construction next year. Meanwhile, 74 percent said they support tougher emission standards for automobilies, another O'Malley initiative.
The poll also found 70 percent of Maryland voters support a statewide smoking ban, which O'Malley has not endorsed. And 53 percent support allowing slot-machine gambling at racetracks in Maryland, an initiative O'Malley supports but is not pushing this year. That figure is up a few points from a year ago, according to the poll.
The telephone poll of 809 regular voters was conducted between Jan. 22 and Jan. 28 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
By John Wagner |
January 31, 2007; 9:44 AM ET
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Posted by: Rufus | January 31, 2007 12:55 PM
Isnt Gonzales that blob who said Erhlich was just 1 point behind Omalley in the elections? I wonder why this Erhlich operator hasn't been run out of Maryland yet. Anyways, this hacks polls are worth less than the paper they're printed on.
Posted by: Bob Jones | January 31, 2007 6:02 PM
Yes, I think 809 is way too few participants in the poll. It definitely doesn't seem like enough of a sampling for a state of 5 million people. It's .016% of the population.
Posted by: saoirse | January 31, 2007 7:54 PM
polls? -the guy has been Governor for 2 weeks. meanwhile the one-termer is on right wing radio cutting off callers "Get rid of this guy"
Posted by: MD4BUSH | February 1, 2007 12:19 PM
I don't agree with taking choice away from business owners. I don't understand why everyone wants a smoking ban from the government, but they are too cowardly to ask restaurant owners to ban it. There are already tons of restaurants with no smoking allowed. Ask for it, just don't ask the government to take away choices from business.
There are a million better ways to handle this problem. Why not change the law so that instead of requiring signs to say "No smoking," there could be no smoking unless there is a "smoking allowed" sign? Sometimes you just want a public place to go smoke & eat & drink, and it's wrong to say that that can never happen.
Posted by: Jack | February 2, 2007 1:43 PM
O'Malley is doing God's work, he truly is remarkable.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 12, 2007 9:23 AM
O'Malley and Cardin bought their way into office once again - and Maryland is in for a long, bumpy ride. Taxes going up, services going down, crime rising, schools failing, businesses going bankrupt. No affordable housing, unless you want to live in a slum. Glendening ruined PG County first, then Maryland. O'Malley ruined Baltimore, and now is taking aim at the rest of the state. And with Cardin in DC to help him, along with Hoyer, our once great state is doomed. Shame on the GOP for not getting out their vote and preventing this disaster.
Posted by: Jeannie | February 16, 2007 2:09 PM
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And if we compare this poll to the recent election results, we find that folks who view him favorably voted for him while pretty much the other half of the population did not. LOL!
Geez, do they really have to work this hard to try to make O'Malley look good?