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[quote=Anonymous]I received the results of a May 2022 Data for Progress poll in an email PDF (sorry, can't find the actual link so it may have been subscription-only) and found the results interesting.

Caveat: The poll covered likely Democratic primary voters in Montgomery County. That being said, 75% of voters in Montgomery County are Democrats. Unless a massive wave of Republicans choose to register as Democrats at the last minute, the results probably stand close to reality.

Noteworthy findings:

Joe Biden's approval is a whopping 83%, a net favorability of +68.

Hogan also has a high net favorability, of +32.

Now here is what will blow the DCUM minds: Both the County Executive and the County Council have net favorabilities of +34. For both, 54% selected "Very Favorable" or "Somewhat favorable."

Marc Elrich leads the polling of the County Executive candidates (33%), but with a plurality (38%) undecided. That being said, Elrich has higher favorables than Blair and Riemer. Elrich is particularly strong with African Americans (+51) and Latinos (+37).

Blair has decent net favorabilities except he is underwater with voters under 45. Elrich is neutral with voters under 45, and Riemer has the edge. Likely related to another one of the polls, which found that Thrive 2050 has net support in favor (+34). Elrich's weakest points were on housing affordability and cost of living, where he is underwater, especially with younger voters. However, those results may only be partially from the characterization by smart growth advocates of Elrich as a NIMBY, but mostly because of the actual situation on the ground: housing is unaffordable, and the cost of living is high. 
Elrich has slight net favorability on crime and public safety, substantial net favorability on managing the county government, and astounding (+51) favorability on handling the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic response especially has a markedly high favorability for Elrich among African Americans and Latinos. The same caveat however, applies with housing, whereas the voters polled may be commenting more about the general situation than Elrich himself, but who knows.

Once again, the main caveat of this poll other than its size (N=529) was that it polls [b]likely Democratic primary voters[/b] It is well known that the Democratic primary functions as the general election in Montgomery County, so "likely voters" MAY include some center-right-leaning voters who have been registered as Democrats and vote for center-right Democrats. For actual Democratic primary results to be remarkably different from those indicated in this poll, there would need to be a HUGE wave of newly registered Democrats or "unlikely voters" who turn out to vote specifically to oust Elrich and the incumbent Council. Otherwise, it's indicative that the silent majority does not rant all the time about county politics, appreciate our overall good services and are grateful for not dying of Covid in as high numbers as other areas. [/quote]

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