| Question: 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? | ||||
| Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
14th District Oct 8-11 |
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| Right Direction | 33% |
23 |
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| Wrong track | 52% |
52 |
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| Unsure | 14% |
25 |
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| Question: Have you heard of … Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of …? Would that be very or somewhat favorable/unfavorable? | |||||
| James McGreevey Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
James McGreevey1 4th District Oct 8-11 |
Anthony Cimino |
Peter Inverso |
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| Very favorable | 6% |
11 |
10 |
26 |
|
| Somewhat favorable | 35% |
26 |
17 |
21 |
|
| Somewhat unfavorable | 29% |
23 |
9 |
9 |
|
| Very unfavorable | 21% |
32 |
7 |
7 |
|
| Heard of but no opinion/don’t know | 9% |
8 |
45 |
33 |
|
| Haven’t heard of… | 1% |
0 |
13 |
4 |
|
| Question: How would you rate the job Jim McGreevey is doing as governor—excellent, good, only fair, or poor? | Question: How would you rate the job Peter Inverso has done as state senator ----excellent, good, only fair, or poor? | ||
| Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
14th District Oct 8-11 |
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| Excellent or Good | 29% |
25 |
44 |
| Fair or Poor | 69% |
71 |
29 |
| Don’t know/unsure | 2% |
4 |
28 |
| Question: Do you think that James McGreevey has done a good enough job as governor to deserve reelection or would you rather see a new person in that job? | ||||||
| Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
14th District Oct. 8-11 |
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| Re-elect | 27% |
23 |
||||
| New person | 61% |
60 |
||||
| Don’t know | 11% |
16 |
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| Question: This November in New Jersey there will be an election for the state legislature. In this year’s election for state assembly and state senate do you think you’ll be voting for the Democratic or Republican candidates? | |||
| Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
14th District Oct. 8-11 |
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| Republican | 30% |
34 |
|
| Democrat | 42% |
31 |
|
| Unsure | 21% |
21 |
|
| Both/mixed | 5% |
11 |
|
| Neither | 2% |
2 |
|
| Question: If the election for New Jersey’s state Senate were held right now, and you had to make a choice, which of the following two candidates would you vote for… or…? [If unsure: “which way do you lean?”] | ||||
| All |
Rep. |
Ind. |
Dem. |
|
| Anthony Cimino, the Democratic candidate | 29 |
6 |
23 |
52 |
| lean Cimino | 3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
| Total Cimino | 32 |
7 |
23 |
59 |
| Peter Inverso, the Republican candidate | 44 |
78 |
40 |
16 |
| lean Inverso | 1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Total Inverso | 45 |
79 |
42 |
17 |
| Unsure | 20 |
13 |
25 |
21 |
| Other | 4 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
| Question: If you knew that a candidate was a strong supporter of Governor McGreevey, would that make you more or less likely to vote for that candidate? | |||||
| N= 200 | All 14th District |
Republicans |
Independents |
Democrats |
|
| More | 26 |
6 |
25 |
46 |
|
| Less | 48 |
75 |
54 |
21 |
|
| Neither | 17 |
12 |
10 |
20 |
|
| Unsure | 10 |
6 |
10 |
12 |
|
| Ref. | -- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
|
| Question: If you knew that a candidate was a strong opponent of Governor McGreevey, would that make you more or less likely to vote for that candidate? | |||||
| N= 200 | 14th District |
Republicans |
Independents |
Democrats |
|
| More | 38 |
66 |
35 |
19 |
|
| Less | 24 |
11 |
20 |
38 |
|
| Neither | 21 |
14 |
15 |
24 |
|
| Unsure | 14 |
6 |
30 |
17 |
|
| Ref. | 4 |
3 |
-- |
3 |
|
| Question: [Still thinking about your Senate district] Which party, the Democrats or Republicans, does a better job... [rotate]? | ||||||
| Statewide Sept. 24-30 |
14th District Oct 8-11 |
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| Controlling spending | ||||||
| Democrats | 32% |
25 |
||||
| Republicans | 34% |
35 |
||||
| Neither/both | 21% |
21 |
||||
| Don’t know | 12% |
18 |
||||
| Controlling taxes | ||||||
| Democrats | 29% |
25 |
||||
| Republicans | 37% |
35 |
||||
| Neither/both | 25% |
24 |
||||
| Don’t know | 10% |
15 |
||||
| Dealing with overdevelopment and suburban sprawl | ||||||
| Democrats | 37% |
32 |
||||
| Republicans | 17% |
22 |
||||
| Neither/both | 25% |
22 |
||||
| Don’t know | 21% |
23 |
||||
| Dealing with the auto insurance problem | ||||||
| Democrats | 23% |
24 |
||||
| Republicans | 15% |
17 |
||||
| Neither or both | 44% |
34 |
||||
| Don’t know | 19% |
25 |
||||
| Protecting the environment | ||||||
| Democrats | 52% |
43 |
||||
| Republicans | 17% |
19 |
||||
| Neither/both | 17% |
18 |
||||
| Don’t know | 14% |
18 |
||||
| Upholding ethical standards | ||||||
| Democrats | 24% |
23 |
||||
| Republicans | 28% |
29 |
||||
| Neither/both | 33% |
23 |
||||
| Don’t know | 15% |
24 |
||||
| Providing security from terror attacks | ||||||
| Democrats | 15% |
17 |
||||
| Republicans | 32% |
27 |
||||
| Neither/both | 30% |
19 |
||||
| Don’t know | 23% |
34 |
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| Question: Which of these issues we just talked about do you think should be the top priority in the coming year for the governor and legislature? | ||||||
| Statewide Sept 24-30 |
14th District Oct 8-11 |
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| controlling taxes | 23% |
33 |
||||
| controlling spending | 20% |
15 |
||||
| Security from terror attacks | 17% |
7 |
||||
| Auto insurance | 16% |
12 |
||||
| overdevelopment and suburban sprawl | 11% |
17 |
||||
| Protecting the environment | 7% |
9 |
||||
| Ethical standards | 6% |
8 |
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Contacts:
Rick Thigpen, academic associate, 609-394-0888.
Steve Salmore, research professor of political science: 973-292-3633.
Peter Woolley, coordinator: 973-443-8725
Radio actuality line: (201) 692-2846.
For more information, please call (201) 692-7032.
see also:
Survey
Analysis
Salmore's Analysis
Thigpen's Analysis
Survey Details
