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brooklynite

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Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:46 PM Oct 2015

Poll: O’Malley gets 4 percent support from home state

Source: Washington Post

LAS VEGAS -- Martin O’Malley, who is hoping to jumpstart his presidential campaign with a strong debate performance here Tuesday, continues to get little love from his home state of Maryland.

The former governor is backed by just 4 percent of voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents in a potential presidential primary matchup in the state, a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds.

O’Malley lags far behind former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gets the support of 43 percent, followed by Vice President Biden -- who is mulling a run -- with 26 percent and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with 20 percent.

Former Virginia senator Jim Webb is the choice of 1 percent, while former Rhode Island senator and governor Lincoln Chafee attracts less than 1 percent.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/12/poll-omalley-gets-4-percent-support-from-home-state/

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Poll: O’Malley gets 4 percent support from home state (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2015 OP
lots of room for growth eh? did he even campaign in maryland yet? nt msongs Oct 2015 #1
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