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On a cloudy summer evening in the Park Heights neighborhood in West Baltimore, about 100 people mill about an elementary school yard. They are drawn by free food, raffles and the presence of community groups who have set up shop as part of National Night Out, a nationwide series of events designed to promote public safety and violence prevention.
They are not there for politics, but Ben Jealous is here anyway.
The former NAACP president turned Maryland gubernatorial candidate makes his way through the crowd, shaking hands in a city that his family has lived in for more than 80 years. His presence brings a jolt of energy to a rainy evening and his banter with residents feels less like that of a politician schmoozing voters than of old friends reuniting.
According to the poll, Hogan’s super-majority approval rating is second only to the governor of Massachusetts. Hogan rides a tide of high approval ratings despite the two-to-one Democratic majority in the State. According to Morning Consult, Hogan is three points behind Massachusetts’ Charlie Baker, another republican in a deep blue state. Sixty-eight percent of registered voters polled in Maryland approve of Hogan’s performance as governor, while 16 percent disapprove. Thirteen percent don’t know or have no opinion.
Can Ben Jealous win in Maryland and point the way forward for Democrats?
originally posted by: DupontDeux
a reply to: xuenchen
Can Ben Jealous win in Maryland and point the way forward for Democrats?
According to the article - and confirmed by a google search - Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one in Maryland, so, yeah, he can.
"Can he lose?" is almost a more apt question.
originally posted by: ketsuko
At the same time, the Democrats have also answered the question of whether or not they can run candidates horrible enough that people won't even vote just for the (D) attached to their name. They proved that with Hillary.
I guess now they're going for the double play? Can you find candidates horrible enough that people won't even vote for the allure of (D) + preferred skin color attached to their name?