Maryland Capital with Jayne Miller
Oct 15, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Recent polling by UMBC shows 88% of Maryland voters have declining trust in government and want big money out of politics. My latest podcast from Maryland Capital – what voters are thinking as their…
Mileah KromerGuestJayne MillerHost
I will tell you that voters' number one concern is certainly the economy and affordability, but the question of whether that impacts the election or not is a whole separate thing.
So if it's in terms of the election, the, you know, the head-to-head between Moore and Cox, I think that we're talking about a little bit different of an animal.
In general economic attitudes, what we really find is, like, Marylanders are con- have been really sort of sour on the Mari- Maryland economy, at least for the last two years.
So we've asked this question time and time again to pe- for folks to rate, like, is it, uh, the Maryland economy excellent, good, fair, or poor? An overwhelming majority of folks say, you know, fair or poor.
I started to follow up with people and ask them, like, how they're coming to that conclusion.
Like, what metric are you using to judge the Maryland economy? And the economy in front of people bubbles up to the top almost immediately.
94% of Marylanders say that they think that they use the prices of everyday goods and services they buy, their personal financial situation, and the cost of housing.
Right around 90% of all those folks say those are the issues that are actually helping them evaluate the Maryland economy.
Do they hold the state responsible for that or the federal government responsible for that?
Oh, and Jane, you're, you're talking right now about the... what happens to me every time I release one of these polls.
When the-- I get the poll back, I say to myself, "Why didn't I ask this question?" It feels so obvious in hindsight.
But, um, I'm actually gonna-- I'm gonna do that, I think, next time around, uh, ask, do, or the same battery of, like, what's driving your attitudes, but then also asking who you hold responsible, the fed- policies from the federal government or the state government.
Well, the actual-- the, the numbers, the exact numbers in the poll are 81% think economic conditions over the past year are poor or fair.
So to me, that would indicate that they're holding the federal government responsible because that was when Trump kind of took over.
And if you look around the country, a lot of polling, I mean, these, these numbers are very high on the attitude about the economy nationally.
Yeah, I, I'm sorry, I just, I really can't tease that out, um, and I never like to speak beyond what our numbers say.
But, uh, you know, I think the overall view is just that they're not happy about economic conditions, and it's honestly, it's little wonder.
I-- One of the, my greatest pet peeves in the world is when people pretend that voters are stupid, because I don't think they're stupid at all.
I will tell you that voters' number one concern is certainly the economy and affordability, but the question of whether that impacts the election or not is a whole separate thing.
So if it's in terms of the election, the, you know, the head-to-head between Moore and Cox, I think that we're talking about a little bit different of an animal.
In general economic attitudes, what we really find is, like, Marylanders are con- have been really sort of sour on the Mari- Maryland economy, at least for the last two years.
So we've asked this question time and time again to pe- for folks to rate, like, is it, uh, the Maryland economy excellent, good, fair, or poor? An overwhelming majority of folks say, you know, fair or poor.
I started to follow up with people and ask them, like, how they're coming to that conclusion.
Like, what metric are you using to judge the Maryland economy? And the economy in front of people bubbles up to the top almost immediately.
94% of Marylanders say that they think that they use the prices of everyday goods and services they buy, their personal financial situation, and the cost of housing.
Right around 90% of all those folks say those are the issues that are actually helping them evaluate the Maryland economy.
Do they hold the state responsible for that or the federal government responsible for that?
Oh, and Jane, you're, you're talking right now about the... what happens to me every time I release one of these polls.
When the-- I get the poll back, I say to myself, "Why didn't I ask this question?" It feels so obvious in hindsight.
But, um, I'm actually gonna-- I'm gonna do that, I think, next time around, uh, ask, do, or the same battery of, like, what's driving your attitudes, but then also asking who you hold responsible, the fed- policies from the federal government or the state government.
Well, the actual-- the, the numbers, the exact numbers in the poll are 81% think economic conditions over the past year are poor or fair.
So to me, that would indicate that they're holding the federal government responsible because that was when Trump kind of took over.
And if you look around the country, a lot of polling, I mean, these, these numbers are very high on the attitude about the economy nationally.
Yeah, I, I'm sorry, I just, I really can't tease that out, um, and I never like to speak beyond what our numbers say.
But, uh, you know, I think the overall view is just that they're not happy about economic conditions, and it's honestly, it's little wonder.
I-- One of the, my greatest pet peeves in the world is when people pretend that voters are stupid, because I don't think they're stupid at all.
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