A new poll shows Maryland residents strongly support some key Democratic agenda items in Annapolis this year, including raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, legalizing recreational weed use, banning Styrofoam products and backing an “aid-in-dying” proposal.

But black and white respondents differ sharply when it comes to questions involving race, the Goucher University poll released today shows.

Asked, for example, if “people of all races receive equal treatment by police in your community,” 39% of all respondents said “yes.” But among African-American respondents, only 18% agreed, compared to 47% of whites.

Only 10% of African-Americans polled agreed that “the criminal justice system in Maryland treats whites and blacks equally,” compared to 30% of white respondents.

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