Tables
| Question: Now, turning to New Jersey … In your opinion, do you think things in New Jersey are moving in the right direction or do you think the state has gotten off on the wrong track? | ||||||||||||
| All | D | I | R | Oct | Sep ‘05 | Jul ‘05 | Apr ‘05 | Jan. ‘05 | ||||
| Right Direction | 34% | 44 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 39 | 36 | 29 | 40 | |||
| Wrong track | 48% | 35 | 52 | 66 | 64 | 49 | 51 | 59 | 45 | |||
| Don't know | 18% | 21 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 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] | Haven't heard of | Heard of | Very Favor- able |
Some- what Favor- able |
Some- what Un- favor- able |
Very Un- favor- able |
No opinion |
| Richard Codey | 16% | 84% | 41 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| Jon Corzine | 4% | 96% | 19 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 26 |
| Previous Surveys… | |||||||
| Corzine 10/05 | 0% | 100% | 23 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 15 |
| Corzine 9/05 | 8% | 92% | 19 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 21 |
| Corzine 7/05 | 7% | 94% | 23 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Corzine 4/05 | 8% | 91% | 18 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 23 |
| Corzine 1/05 | 11% | 90% | 22 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 26 |
| Codey 10/05 | 11% | 89% | 28 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| Codey 9/05 | 21% | 80% | 28 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 20 |
| Codey 7/05 | 15% | 85% | 21 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Codey 4/05 | 22% | 78% | 21 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 23 |
| Codey 01/05 | 35% | 65% | 18 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 44 |
| Codey 10/04 | 59% | 42% | 6 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 66 |
| Codey 8/04 | 68% | 32% | 11 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 60 |
Question: Now let's think about the best and worst governors of New Jersey . In your opinion, who has been the best governor of New Jersey .. [ rotate names]…or someone else? : And who was the second best…? |
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Rotate names |
All |
Cons |
Mod. |
Lib. |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
2 nd choice |
1 st + 2 nd |
Jim McGreevey |
10% |
8 |
6 |
16 |
17 |
4 |
3 |
8% |
18% |
Richard Codey |
16% |
11 |
20 |
22 |
19 |
19 |
9 |
15% |
31% |
Christie Whitman |
18% |
18 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
16 |
23 |
20% |
38% |
Jim Florio |
7% |
6 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
8% |
15% |
Tom Kean, Sr. |
26% |
35 |
27 |
16 |
15 |
29 |
42 |
23% |
49% |
Brendan Byrne |
7% |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
9% |
16% |
Someone else (specify) |
2% |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2% |
4% |
Don't know ( vol ) |
15% |
12 |
15 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
11 |
15% |
30% |
| Question: In your opinion, who has been the worst governor of New Jersey …or someone else? | |||||||
| Rotate names | All | Dem | Ind | Rep | White | Non-white | Afr -Am |
| Jim McGreevey | 29% | 17 | 32 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 9 |
| Richard Codey | 2% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Christie Whitman | 24% | 38 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 40 |
| Jim Florio | 23% | 16 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 21 |
| Tom Kean | 2% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Brendan Byrne | 3% | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Someone else (specify) | 1% | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | 2 |
| Don't know ( vol ) | 17% | 21 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 20 |
| Best to Worst Ratio | ||
| Best | Worst | |
| Tom Kean | 26 | 2 |
| Richard Codey | 16 | 2 |
| Christie Whitman | 18 | 24 |
| Brendan Byrne | 7 | 3 |
| Jim McGreevey | 10 | 29 |
| Jim Florio | 7 | 23 |
see also:
Survey
Analysis
Republican Analysis
Democratic Analysis
Survey Details
