Maryland Governor Poll--O'Malley (D) 47% (+2) Ehrlich (R) 42% (no change)

[WI_DEM]

A third poll in a month shows Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) with a growing lead - albeit a smaller lead than in two other recent polls.

If the election were held today, 47 percent of Maryland voters would vote for O'Malley while 42 percent would vote for former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., according to the poll released Tuesday by Gonzales Research and Marketing Strategies. The poll found 4 percent of voters would choose a third party candidate, while 6 percent remain undecided.

Ehrlich supporters may be inclined to focus on the 5 percentage point gap as smaller than the 8-point one in the last Rasmussen poll or the 11-point lead for O'Malley in a Washington Post poll late last month

But the trend line is bound to be more comforting to stat watchers on the O'Malley side. In July, Gonzales found O'Malley was the choice of 45 percent of likely voters, while 42 percent preferred Ehrlich, and 8 percent were undecided.


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2010/10/first_click_marylandanother_po.html