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Question:  Have you heard of [rotate list]? If you haven't just tell me. [If yes, ask:] Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of …? Would that be very or somewhat?
[ROTATE NAMES] Have not heard of Heard of Very
Favor-
able
Somewhat
Favor-
able
Somewhat
Unfavor-
able
Very
Unfavor-
able
Not Sure
Bret Schundler (All) 33 66 16 27 15 12 32
  All Republicans 26 73
(n=222)
26 35   8   5 27
  Republican primary voters 23 76
(n=162)
27 38   9  4 22
Doug Forrester (All) 20 80 13 26 14 6 41
  All Republicans 15 84
(n=254)
21 30 11 3 35
  Republican primary voters 13 85
(n=182)
25 30 11 3 32
Paul DiGaetano 77 21 7 15 10 2 65
Robert Schroeder 70 30 3 20 11 5 62
Steven Lonegan 87 12 5 18 12 9 56
John J. Murphy 78 20 12 24   9 5 50
Todd Caliguire 93   6 2 16   9 5 68
Democrats reported April 12            
Richard Codey 22 78 21 30 16 9 23
Jon Corzine 8 91 18 27 16 16 23
Frank Lautenberg 12 88 17 28 14 16 22
George Norcross 68 31   1   9  19 32 39

AS REPORTED JANUARY 13, 2005

Question:  Have you heard of [rotate list]? If you haven't just tell me. [If yes, ask:] Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of …? Would that be very or somewhat?
[ROTATE NAMES] Have not heard of Heard of Very
Favor-
able
Somewhat
Favor-
able
Somewhat
Unfavor-
able
Very
Unfavor-
able
Not Sure
Bret Schundler (All) 35 65 14 29 10 8 40
  All Republicans 27 73
(n=222)
25 34  3 4 33
  Republican primary voters 19 81
(n=165)
28 34 4 3 30
Doug Forrester (All) 36 64   8 22 10 7 51
  All Republicans 24 76
(n=232)
16 31   8 3 41
  Republican primary voters 16 84
(n=172)
19 33   8 2 37
Paul DiGaetano 79 21  4 15   6 5 69
Robert Schroeder 72 29 2 20   8 1 68
Steven Lonegan 90 10 1 20 13 4 62
John J. Murphy 88 12 4 20 12 -- 63

Question: Since January 2002 New Jersey has had a Democratic Governor. In the election for governor that will be held this coming November, would you prefer at this point to voter for a … candidate for Governor or a … candidate? [If  undecided ask: “Which way do you lean?”]
Rotate All Dem. Ind. Rep. Con-
servative
Mod-
erate
Lib-
eral
Net Republican 38% 6 19 81 60 33 14
Net Democrat 40% 75 30 4 20 36 68
Depends/Don’t know 21% 18 47 14 19 28 17
Ref.    2%   1   4   1   1   3    2

Question: In November there will also be an election for the state assembly. If the election were held today would you vote for the … or … candidates?
Rotate All Dem. Ind. Rep. Men Women
Republican 32%   5 11 74 38 27
Democrat 36% 74 17   2 32 40
Both (vol.)   4%   2   9   4   2   5
Neither (vol.)   3%   1 10   1   4   2
Don’t know (vol.) 25% 19 54 19 24 26

Question: What issue do you think should be the top priority of candidates running for Governor this year?
Rotate All Dem. Ind. Rep. Men Women
Controlling spending and taxes 51% 47 50 55 55 47
Dealing with problems of overdevelopment and congestion 13% 16 15 10 13 13
Protecting the environment 6% 7 7 4 6 6
Upholding ethical standards 13% 9 15 16 13 13
Security from terror attacks 11% 14 8 9 8 14
None of the above or other (vol.) 4% 5 4 3 4 4
Don’t know (vol.) 2% 2 2 2 2 2

Question: And what should be the next highest priority?
Rotate All Dem. Ind. Rep. Men Women
Controlling spending and taxes 21 22 22 18 19 22
Dealing with problems of overdevelopment and congestion 19 20 19 19 20 19
Protecting the environment 15 18 15 10 14 15
Upholding ethical standards 15 13 15 19 19 13
Security from terror attacks 23 21 21 27 22 25
None of the above or other (vol.) 4 3 3 3 4   3
Don’t know (vol.) 3 2 4 4 2   4

 

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see also:

Survey Analysis
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