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Goucher Poll Results Embargoed Until Tuesday, February 19, at 12:01 a.m. Press Contact Information Mileah Kromer Director, Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center [email protected] Tara de Souza Director, Media Relations, Goucher College [email protected] 410-337-6316 Marylanders express trust in state government; continue to hold a positive opinion toward the direction of the state, Maryland economy, and Gov. Larry Hogan BALTIMORE — The Goucher Poll asked Maryland residents about their opinions toward the direction of the state, the most important issue facing Maryland, and their trust in state and federal government; Gov. Larry Hogan’s job performance, his character, and whether he should run for president; approval of President Donald Trump, the United States Congress, and the Maryland General Assembly; the amount of public school funding; and how the new federal tax laws are impacting them. The Goucher Poll surveyed 808 Maryland adults from February 7-12 and has a margin of error of +/-3.4 percent. Perceptions of Gov. Larry Hogan’s Job Performance, Character, and Potential Presidential Run Gov. Hogan’s strong standing with Marylanders remains unchanged. Sixty-nine percent of Marylanders approve of the job Larry Hogan is doing as governor, 14 percent disapprove, and 14 percent say they don’t know. Maryland residents were asked additional questions about Gov. Hogan’s characteristics and qualities: • 66 percent say “keeps his promises” describes him and 16 percent say it does not. • 67 percent say “cares about the needs of people like you” describes him and 22 percent say it does not. • 85 percent say “is likeable” describes him and 7 percent say it does not. • 70 percent say “is honest and trustworthy” describes him and 13 percent say it does not. • 79 percent say “works well with both parties to get things done” describes him and 10 percent say it does not. • 80 percent say “can manage the government effectively” describes him and 11 percent say it does not. • 65 percent say “puts the state’s interest ahead of his own political interests” describes him and 19 percent say it does not. 1 A third of Marylanders think that Gov. Hogan should run for president in 2020 and 55 percent do not. “Gov. Hogan’s reelection amid a blue wave, sustained positive job approval ratings across party lines, and his approach to politics have caught the attention of ‘Never Trump’ leaders looking for a challenger to President Trump in the Republican presidential primary,” said Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College. “About a third of Maryland Republicans want to see a Hogan presidential run, which is consistent with recent national polling that suggests many national Republicans nationwide want a different nominee in 2020. Taken together, polling suggests that mounting a primary challenge would be difficult—unless, of course, the volatility of our current national politics dramatically alters the political playing field.” Trust in Government and Opinions Toward President Trump, the US Congress, and the Maryland General Assembly Thirty percent of Marylanders approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president of the United States and 66 percent disapprove. At this time last year, President Trump’s approval rating in Maryland was 27 percent. Nineteen percent approve of the job Congress is doing and 74 percent disapprove. When asked about their state legislature—the Maryland General Assembly—41 percent approve of the job its doing, 30 percent disapprove, and 26 percent don’t know. Marylanders express higher levels of trust in their state government than in the federal government to do what is in the public’s interest. • 73 percent say they can trust the state government “some” or “all” and 22 percent say they can trust it “none” or “very little” of the time. • 34 percent say they can trust the federal government “some” or “all” and 64 percent say they can trust it “none” or “very little” of the time. Most Important Issue, Direction of the State, and the Current Economic Situation Twenty-one percent of Marylanders identify an economic issue—jobs, taxes, economic growth, or the budget—and 16 percent identify education as the most important issues facing Maryland today. Another 12 percent say issues involving crime, criminal justice, and policing are the most important. Marylanders hold similar views toward the direction of the state and the Maryland economy as they did at this time last year. Fifty-nine percent say Maryland is heading in the right direction and 25 percent say Maryland is off on the wrong track. The majority of Marylanders—61 percent—hold a mostly positive view of the Maryland economy, while 28 percent hold a mostly negative view. Marylanders were asked whether they expect the changes to the federal tax code to increase, decrease, or have no effect on the amount of taxes they will pay. Nineteen percent think their taxes will decrease as a result of the new tax system, 48 percent think their taxes will increase, and 20 percent think the changes will have no effect. Last February, 26 percent thought their taxes will decrease, 44 percent thought their taxes will increase, and 18 percent thought the changes to the tax code would have no effect. To view archived polls, please visit www.goucher.edu/poll. 2 About the Goucher Poll The Goucher Poll is conducted under the auspices of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College. Directed by Dr. Mileah Kromer, the Goucher Poll conducts surveys on public policy, economic, and social issues in Maryland. Goucher College supports the Goucher Poll as part of its mission to instill in its students a sense of community where discourse is valued and practiced. The Goucher Poll is fully funded by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center endowment and does not take additional funding from outside sources. The Goucher Poll seeks to improve public discourse in Maryland by providing neutral, unbiased, and independent information on citizen perceptions and opinions. The data collected by the Goucher Poll are used to support faculty and student research. The Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center is a member of the Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations and the American Association for Public Opinion Research Transparency Initiative. Survey Methodology To ensure all Maryland residents are represented, the Goucher Poll is conducted using random digit dialing (RDD) of a county-level stratified random sample using landline and cellular telephone numbers. The sample of telephone numbers for the survey is obtained from Survey Sampling International, LLC (http://www.surveysampling.com/). The survey was conducted Thursday, February 7, to Tuesday, February 12. During this time, interviews were conducted 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday to Friday and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Goucher Poll uses Voxco Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) software to administer its surveys. Interviews are conducted by a staff of professionally trained, paid, student interviewers. Interviewers attempted to reach respondents with working phone numbers a maximum of five times. Only Maryland adults—residents aged 18 years or older—were eligible to participate. Interviews were not conducted with adults who were reached at business or work numbers. Seventy-seven percent of the interviews were conducted on a cell phone and 23 percent were conducted on a landline. Interviews for this survey were completed with 808 Maryland adults. For a sample size of 808, there is a 95 percent probability the survey results have a plus or minus 3.4 percentage point sampling error from the actual population distribution for any given survey question. Margins of error are higher for subsamples. In addition to sampling error, all surveys are subject to sources of non-sampling error, including question wording effects, question order effects, and non-response bias. Margin of error is not adjusted for design effects. Data is weighted by gender, age, race, region, and educational attainment of the state to represent adult population targets established by the most recent American Community Survey (ACS). 3 Survey Question Design The Goucher Poll provides the questions as worded and the order in which they are administered to respondents. BRACKETED ITEMS [ ]: Items and statements in brackets are rotated to ensure respondents do not receive a set order of response options, which maintains question construction integrity by avoiding respondent agreement based on question composition. Example: [agree or disagree] or [disagree or agree] PROBE (p): Some questions contain a “probe” maneuver to determine a respondent’s intensity of opinion/perspective. Probe techniques used in this questionnaire mainly consist of asking respondents if their responses are more intense than initially provided. Example: Do you have a [favorable or unfavorable] opinion of President Obama? PROBE: Would you say very favorable/unfavorable? OPEN-ENDED: No response options are provided for an open-ended question, i.e., it is entirely up to the respondent to provide the response information. Any response options provided to the interviewer are not read to the respondent; they are only used to help reduce interviewer error and time in coding the response. VOLUNTEER (v): Volunteer responses means the interviewer did not offer that response option in the question as read to the interviewer. Interviewers are instructed not to offer “don’t know” or “refused” or “some other opinion” to
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