A new survey found that Gov. Wes Moore’s 65% approval rating among Marylanders makes him America’s third most popular governor.
“His star has shot out like a comet,” said Roger Hartley, the dean of the University of Baltimore’s College of Public Affairs. “To this quickly ascend on the national scene is really, really impressive” — especially to have never held public office.
The poll, released by Morning Consult Pro, found that Moore, a Democrat who is halfway through his first term as governor, ranked behind Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat with a 67% approval rating, and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican with an approval rating of 81%.
Hartley attributes Moore’s success, in part, to what he called the governor’s “personal style,” the tendency that he has to talk to individuals in a crowd as if no one else is in the room. Hartley also said Moore has done a “remarkable job” of meeting with people from across the state, and is unafraid to talk to people on the other side of the aisle, which Hartley said “makes him quite likable.”
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