1. 2014 Elections in Maryland Dan Nataf Director, Center for the Study of Local Issues, Anne Arundel Community College www2.aacc.edu/csli Nov. 13/20, 2014

2. Governor’s Race: Primary showed early divisions among Democrats – anti-incumbent sentiment Democrats%Republicans% Brown51Hogan43 Gansler24Craig29 Mizeur22Lollar16 George12 Turnout24%

3. Governor’s Race: General elections shows that Hogan win still the exception statewide General Gov. %VoteHogan - Dem Brown46.8783,536 Hogan52.7862,340+78804 Franchot62.5%1,025,257-162917 Frosh55.5%901,830-39490

4. Maryland General Assembly: 2010 vs. 2014 *Democratic hegemony eroded but intact Democrats20102014Republicans20102014 House of Delegates 98 (69.5%) 93 (66%) House of Delegates 43 (30.5%) 48 (34%) Senate35 (74.5%) 33 (70%) Senate12 (26.5%) 14 (30%)

5. Maryland House of Delegates: 2010 vs. 2014 Contested, Solid and Uncontested Seats by Party 58/79% of Rep seats were/are solid or uncontested 81/83% of Dem seats were/are solid or uncontested - 74% of all seats in 2014 were solid or contested counting both parties

6. Maryland Senate: 2010 vs. 2014 86/89% of Dem seats were/are solid or uncontested - 89% of all seats in 2014 were solid or contested counting both parties 92/93% of Rep seats were/are solid or uncontested

7. Trends in Registered Voters

8. Turnout by County/Lean: 1994-2014

9. Trends in Turnout by Party: 2002-2010

10. Trends in Voting: Governor’s Races 1994-2014 (Raw Vote) 1821280 1645868 1734710 1693014 1535329 1410195

11. Trends in Voting: Governor’s Races 1994-2014 Vote by Party

12. Trends in Voting: Governor’s Races 1994-2014 Party Change

13. Change in Dem Vote 2014-2010 by County Baltimore County and Mont. County accounted for biggest Dem losses.

14. Change in Dem Vote 2014-2010 by County Losses are largest in Republican areas.

15. Franchot, Frosh, Brown by County

16. Counties Where a Dem Won Statewide

17. Poll Results: Level of Interest in Gov. Race by Party (CSLI survey) 10 point advantage to Republicans; unaffiliated with lowest interest

18. How informed about issues in race (Exit Poll) Hogan sympathetic groups with double digit lead over most Brown sympathetic groups

19. Political Leanings: Exit Poll Dems somewhat more inclined to be independent

20. Political Leanings: Vote for Governor Democrats much more likely to defect than Republicans; independents lean to Hogan

21. Defections by Party: Exit Poll Virtually NO Rep. defection; nearly quarter of all Dems defect

22. Defections by Leaning: Governor’s Race (CSLI survey)

23. Issues Overall (Exit Poll) Most salient issues leaned favorably to Hogan/Reps. Education is the big exception.

24. Issues by Candidate Quality of life and equal opportunity issues for Dems

25. Issues by Political Lean

26. Issues and Democrats for Brown/Hogan and Republicans for Hogan: Exit Poll

27. Anne Arundel Results: 1986-2014 – Governor’s Race

28. AA County – Predicts Minimum Democratic Vote Needed for Statewide Win – 38%

29. 2716 23987 6151 3920 12425 Including Shay -1930 GAP 39184

30. Governor’s Race Predicts CE Outcomes: Reps

31. Governor’s Race Predicts CE Outcomes: Dems

32. County Executive Voters – Johnson Vote Johnson losses heightened both due to Dem defections but very low score among centrist groups

33. County Executive Voters – How informed? As with the Governor’s race, Republican leaning categories were more informed.

34. County Executive Issues Dems still favor quality of life and equal oppty issues Reps still favor taxes, fiscal and economic issues

35. County Executive – Reaching Voters FactorOverallJohnsonSchuh Cases% % of total Endorsed by some person or group I respect 101231112 Newspaper stories about candidate 97221012 Information from the Internet 7818711 Endorsed by a newspaper like the Capital, Washington Post or the Sun 461146 Literature received in the mail 421037 The candidate or a representative came to my door to introduce him/herself 40918 Paid ads on TV 18413 Paid ads in the newspapers 12311 Total 434100 --

36. Other Local Races: Adams/Leitess Partisan polarization more predictable for this race.

37. County Council 5: Vote mostly for or against your candidate – Armstrong Voters Race is determined mostly by Peroutka – love or hate!

38. Other observations about local races County Council: Dem/Rep district pattern holds (1, 4, 6 Dem; 3, 5, 7 Rep – with 2 swing) State Senate – No change 3 Dem/2 Rep – although margin in District 30 very small House of Delegates – Democrats gain in 31a – otherwise all incumbents return; Sid Saab and Megan Simonaire are new faces for Reps; Mark Chang for Dems Incumbents returned for all other positions. Only Democratic countywide seat now is Sheriff.

39. Demographics: Gender Gender gap – Dems least supported by men, not compensated by strong support from women.

40. Demographics: Age by Dem Cands. Older groups support Reps. Dems support varies among younger groups

41. Demographics: Race Whites favor Reps nearly 2-1 Blacks nearly unanimous in support of Dems

42. Demographics: Education Higher ed favors Dems

43. Conclusions Election Environment: Hostile to Democrats /Obama – losses inevitable, damage control. But impact on Brown much greater than on other Dems running statewide and in MGA. Party registration creates overconfidence, false sense of inevitability among Democrats. Turnout differences compensate. Candidate – Invites comparisons to Obama – race, rollout of health exchange Web site, tied to O’Malley, curse of Lt. Govr…Johnson unable to distinguish himself from Brown – gets predicted low vote Campaign: Campaign message matters – Democrats create targeted appeals, lack broader vision or economic message – focus on core Democratic issues – which don’t have much saliency to swing voters Turnout: Ground game matters – Methods become diffused, important in close elections – shape turnout in a low turnout environment. Precedent? An African-American running mate prerequisite for Gov. Republican upswing?– Schuh, Pantelides, Hogan – gains in MGA?