O'Malley Campaign Receives Tepid 7 Percent Support from Maryland Democrats

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has failed to gain traction in the race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, according to a new poll for The Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore.

The poll released Monday shows that 7 percent of Maryland Democrats say they would vote for O’Malley for president. His single-digit support compares with 56 percent for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 23 percent for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The Sun reports O’Malley remain at under 10 percent in polls nationwide.

The former Baltimore mayor (1999-2007) and Maryland governor (2007-2015) joined the race for the presidential nomination in May.

O’Malley receives support from 4 percent of Democrats in Baltimore, and 2 percent support in Baltimore County, the poll found.

A Real Clear Politics average of November polls shows O’Malley with 4.4 percent support nationally, far behind the 55 percent of voters leaning toward Clinton, and 30 percent favoring Sanders.

While O’Malley drew huge applause from the partisan crowd at the candidate debate earlier this month, that hasn’t translated into broader support.

He fired at the GOP, and Donald Trump in particular, on the issue of immigration

“The fact of the matter is — and let’s say it in our debate because you will never hear it from that immigrant-bashing carnival barker Donald Trump — the truth of the matter is net immigration from Mexico last year was zero,” O’Malley said, reports the Los Angeles Time.