Gov. Larry Hogan is still riding high among Maryland voters, with the latest poll showing his job approval rating at 74%; even two-thirds of Democrats say the Republican governor is doing a good job.
The Gonzales Research poll released Thursday is the fifth public opinion survey in the last four months that has found seven out of 10 voters or more approving the job Hogan is doing as governor.
* A Baltimore Sun poll in September found 71% approve of his performance.
* A Goucher College poll later that month put him at 70%.
* A Washington Post poll in October also gave Hogan a 71% approval rating.
* And a poll for Hogan’s own reelection campaign taken in November found 71% of voters had a favorable impression of the
governor and 76% approved of the job he was doing, while only 15% disapproved — the same number Gonzales found.
* The Gonzales poll, as well as the others, found widespread support across party lines and genders. Approving of Hogan’s job
* performance were 86% of Republicans, 81% of the unaffiliated and 66% of Democrats.
In a Dec. 5 memo, the Hogan campaign pollster, Chris Perkins of Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research, gave an upbeat analysis likely to be used for fundraising.