There are a lot of good people in Maryland so this is not meant to offend. But politically speaking Maryland is a cesspool and has been for a very long time. The problem is that the state is comprised to a very large degree of Federal Employees and the baggage that government workers always have. Therefore the state will always have a very permanent liberal slant. People are dependent on the Government in a way that they are not in most other states. It’s interesting that right next door is Virginia which is a sane state politically. They have very different political cultures.
Federal employees are ticked at the Dems. Their retirement is being threatened as is their health care.
You are correct. But, Virginia is a much larger state. Marylands economy is much more effected by the number of federal and fed-contracting jobs. We probably don’t feel the pinch in a down economy as other states. At least as far as unemployment is concerned.
But they voted for 0, and they have both Senators from the demonrats.
I’m in Baltimore County, far too many old people still voting Demonrat, same as their fathers. They don’t know about Tom Bromwell (ex-MD state senator) and his wife, sitting in prison because the FBI caught them taking bribes, nobody in MD bothered.
They’re dying, so there’s hope. Ehrlich was my congressman, I vote for him everytime, so does most of my area.
Big problems:
1. Baltimore City, mostly black, most should not be voting because they have criminal records but that doesn’t stop the DemRats from counting their vote.
2. Prince Georges County outside DC, really black and same as above.
3. Montgomery County (Monkey County). Full of government workers, Demonrats, a sanctuary county within a sanctuary state. Crime is up, do they care? One of the most overpriced hellholes to live in in the USA.
4. Nursing homes, dead people and just plain outright voter fraud. Baltimore City leads the way. Waste product Glendenning from Prince Georges County didn’t get enough votes until the fraud re-count came in from the city back in 1996. Lone Republican woman (1 of 3 on the board) on the certification board sold out and certified the election for a political appointment. Would have been fixed without vote.
5. Erhlich won the governor’s race because he ran against Kathleen KENNEDY Thompson, that name didn’t help her and she’s out of politics. Thank God, she acted like a young teenager around me and I was her age.
MD sucks, I moved here with the goal to locate in S PA. It’s a daily traffic jam with people living in PA and working in MD. Never did make that move up the road.
We’ve got great roads but lousy drivers in Baltimore County. Much better in the rest of the state. Traffic jams especially on the north side of the beltway are caused by drivers who can’t drive. Cellphones have multiplied the problem.
I was rear ended my first week in MD, hit at least 3 times in my first ten years, and I’m being kind, I probably forgot a few. First time I was stopped at a red light. No damage. One time I was stuck in Beltway traffic and stopped next to a Cop standing in the median. He just happened to be next to my drivers side window. Next I know it’s thump, thump. 3 cars and the cop saw the whole thing. He already had problems with traffic, but luckily I had no damage and left. He still had to fill out an accident report because the middle car in the sandwich had major rear bumper damage.
Anyone thinking about MD should consider Texas or Arizona first. Go Sheriff Joe!
“The problem is that the state is comprised to a very large degree of Federal Employees and the baggage that government workers always have.”
Bingo.
Well, almost. MD is traditionally “Democrat” - homegrown from the Civil War era (can’t let it go) as well as foreigners (of the type you mention). The CW types couldn’t let go until it was too late, and by then Feds had taken over.
Never mind the problems of a big city, especially when it is a big % of your land mass as well as population.
BTW, sorry to say, but VA is being taken over finally by those same DC Fed government-trough liberals. Northern VA is not what it was even in my youth just 25 years ago. The Potomac protected it a long time.
Fed Employees are part of the problem, yes, as Montgomery and PG County are so heavily Dem for that reason. Howard too to a lesser degree.
The other part is the high black population - while many deep South states have more blacks, many of these blacks in MD are also motivated voters (and many Fed employees on top of it) - where in the South, they largely are not. Getting blacks to vote less than 90% Dem is a challenge.