Most Marylanders not doing New Year’s resolutions, not optimistic for 2026, survey finds

Plenty of people in Maryland will be happy to put 2025 in the rear view mirror, but that doesn’t mean they’re excited about 2026.

As an addendum to its end-of-the-year poll, University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Institute of Politics asked Marylanders about their expectations for 2026. With politics infused so deep into the D.C.-area culture, and with Maryland Democrats outnumbering Republicans by so much, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that there isn’t a lot of optimism for what’s to come.