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US1: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track? |
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All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
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Right direction |
49% |
71 |
37 |
20 |
48 |
49 |
Wrong track |
41% |
19 |
47 |
68 |
42 |
39 |
Unsure/Refused |
11% |
9 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
12 |
Right/wrong direction trend
|
Apr |
Mar |
Jan. |
Oct. |
Right direction |
51% |
51% |
34% |
13% |
Wrong track |
37% |
37% |
52% |
78% |
Unsure/Refused |
11% |
12% |
13% |
9% |
Obama approval, current
US2: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? |
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Party |
Race |
Ideology |
Gov. Corzine* |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
White |
Non-white |
Lib |
Mod |
Cons |
Approve |
disapprove |
Approve |
61% |
86 |
52 |
28 |
54 |
83 |
89 |
65 |
33 |
87 |
39 |
Disapprove |
29% |
9 |
30 |
59 |
34 |
11 |
6 |
23 |
59 |
9 |
49 |
Unsure |
10% |
5 |
19 |
13 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
13 |
Obama approval, previous measures
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Bush |
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April |
March |
Jan.* |
Jan 09 |
Approve |
66% |
66% |
72% |
21% |
Disapprove |
22% |
21% |
10% |
70% |
Unsure/Refused |
12% |
13% |
18% |
9% |
*January question asked how Obama was handling his transition to the presidency.
Question US3 held for release
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? |
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All |
Party |
Public employee household |
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D |
I |
R |
yes |
no |
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Right direction |
21% |
33 |
12 |
6 |
15 |
22 |
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Wrong track |
66% |
49 |
74 |
88 |
74 |
63 |
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Unsure |
14% |
18 |
15 |
6 |
11 |
15 |
Right track/wrong track trend
Apr |
Mar |
Jan |
Nov |
Oct |
Sept |
June |
Apr |
Feb |
Jan |
Oct |
Sep |
Jun |
May |
Mar |
|
09 |
09 |
09 |
08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
‘07 |
‘07 |
‘07 |
‘07 |
‘06 |
|
Right direction |
23% |
25 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
25 |
26 |
25 |
28 |
30 |
38 |
36 |
42 |
39 |
Wrong track |
64% |
59 |
65 |
65 |
67 |
67 |
64 |
66 |
65 |
61 |
59 |
49 |
50 |
44 |
47 |
Unsure |
13% |
16 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
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? |
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Haven’t heard of |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
Unsure/no opinion |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
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Jon Corzine (all) |
2% |
8% |
23% |
13% |
24% |
30% |
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Democrats only |
2 |
14 |
34 |
14 |
25 |
12 |
|
Independents only |
2 |
2 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
34 |
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Republicans only |
3 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
22 |
55 |
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Previous Surveys… |
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Corzine 05/09 |
1% |
10% |
23% |
9% |
18% |
38% |
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Corzine 03/09 |
1% |
10% |
28% |
13% |
22% |
26% |
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Corzine 01/09 |
2% |
14% |
28% |
12% |
21% |
23% |
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Corzine 11/08 |
3% |
13% |
27% |
14% |
17% |
26% |
Ask at random ½ of sample: N=385/+/- 5 |
Haven’t heard of |
Very Favorable |
Somewhat Favorable |
No opinion |
Somewhat Unfavorable |
Very Unfavorable |
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Chris Daggett |
89% |
-- |
1% |
9% |
-- |
-- |
Haven’t heard of |
Very favorable |
Somewhat favorable |
No opinion |
Somewhat unfavorable |
Very unfavorable |
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Chris Christie (all) |
13% |
10 |
24 |
28 |
14 |
11 |
Republicans only |
9 |
19 |
35 |
26 |
8 |
3 |
Independents only |
12 |
10 |
28 |
33 |
8 |
9 |
Democrats only |
15 |
4 |
16 |
29 |
19 |
17 |
Previous Surveys… |
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Christie 04/09 |
38% |
14% |
17% |
20% |
8% |
4% |
Christie 03/09 |
43% |
12% |
18% |
22% |
4% |
2% |
Christie 01/09 |
56% |
11% |
12% |
15% |
4% |
2% |
Christie 09/08 |
60% |
2% |
3% |
14% |
11% |
9% |
Next November there will be an election for governor. I know it’s early but who would you vote for in a race between… and…? [ROTATE NAMES] [If "don’t know" ASK: "at this moment, which way do you lean?"] |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Approve Obama |
Disapprove Obama |
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Jon Corzine, the Democrat |
35 |
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Lean Corzine |
4 |
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Total Corzine |
39% |
66 |
21 |
7 |
56 |
10 |
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Chris Christie, the Republican |
42 |
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Lean Christie |
3 |
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Total Christie |
45% |
20 |
45 |
83 |
27 |
80 |
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Don’t know (vol.) |
15% |
13 |
30 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
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Other (vol.) |
1% |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
-- |
Corzine v. Christie trend
April |
March |
Jan |
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Total Corzine |
33% |
32% |
40% |
Total Christie |
42% |
41% |
33% |
Don’t know (vol.) |
25% |
27% |
26% |
Question: Which candidate for New Jersey governor… or … is better described by…? |
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rotate names, rotate order |
All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
men |
women |
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Honest, trustworthy |
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Jon Corzine |
24% |
40 |
10 |
5 |
26 |
22 |
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Chris Christie |
33% |
16 |
38 |
57 |
36 |
31 |
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neither (vol) |
18% |
17 |
24 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
|
both (vol) |
5% |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
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don’t know (vol) |
20% |
21 |
26 |
15 |
16 |
24 |
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Understands the concerns of the average person |
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Jon Corzine |
28% |
47 |
10 |
8 |
30 |
26 |
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Chris Christie |
40% |
24 |
47 |
64 |
43 |
38 |
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neither (vol) |
11% |
10 |
18 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
|
both (vol) |
2% |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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don’t know (vol) |
18% |
16 |
21 |
16 |
13 |
22 |
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Has the background and experience to be a good governor |
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Jon Corzine |
42% |
65 |
27 |
16 |
46 |
39 |
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Chris Christie |
29% |
13 |
27 |
54 |
29 |
29 |
|
neither (vol) |
7% |
5 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
|
both (vol) |
4% |
2 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
don’t know (vol) |
18% |
15 |
24 |
17 |
14 |
21 |
Question: Now, regardless of which candidate you want to win, if you had to guess, who would you say is going to win the election for governor in November… or …? |
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Rotate names |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Jon Corzine |
46% |
61 |
34 |
31 |
Chris Christie |
38% |
25 |
45 |
57 |
Don’t Know (vol.) |
15% |
13 |
20 |
11 |
Job rating, current
Question: How would you rate the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor… [READ]? |
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All |
Party |
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Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
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Excellent |
2% |
3 |
2 |
-- |
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Good |
24% |
40 |
10 |
6 |
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Only fair |
39% |
42 |
46 |
34 |
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Poor |
31% |
13 |
37 |
57 |
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unsure (vol) |
3% |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Job rating, previous measures
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
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Ap |
Mar |
Ja |
No |
Oc |
Se |
Jun |
Ap |
Fe |
Ja |
Oc |
Sep |
Jun |
Mar |
Ja |
No |
Oc |
Se |
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Excellent |
3% |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
Good |
24% |
28 |
28 |
28 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
39 |
34 |
40 |
40 |
33 |
Only fair |
36% |
40 |
41 |
39 |
41 |
41 |
41 |
36 |
38 |
39 |
38 |
39 |
36 |
39 |
38 |
30 |
32 |
33 |
Poor |
35% |
28 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
30 |
27 |
23 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
20 |
Unsure |
2% |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Approve/disapprove Current
Question: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor? |
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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
President’s Job Approval |
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Approve |
disapprove |
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Approve |
36% |
58 |
19 |
12 |
52 |
11 |
Disapprove |
49% |
26 |
58 |
80 |
31 |
82 |
Mixed/unsure |
15% |
16 |
23 |
8 |
17 |
7 |
Approve/disapprove, previous surveys
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
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Ap |
Mar |
Ja |
No |
Oc |
Sep |
Jun |
Ap |
Fe |
Ja 30th |
Ja 7th |
Oc |
Se |
Jun |
Mar |
Ja |
No |
Oc |
Se |
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Approve |
40% |
40 |
46 |
46 |
45 |
41 |
40 |
44 |
42 |
41 |
48 |
51 |
54 |
50 |
55 |
51 |
58 |
56 |
51 |
Disapprove |
49% |
46 |
40 |
37 |
39 |
43 |
41 |
45 |
43 |
39 |
32 |
29 |
25 |
27 |
25 |
29 |
27 |
28 |
31 |
mixed/DK |
11% |
13 |
14 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
19 |
11 |
16 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
21 |
23 |
20 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
18 |
Question: Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about the New Jersey State budget. How much have you heard or read about the Governor’s proposed state budget for the coming year…? |
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All |
Governor approval |
April |
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Approve |
Mixed/unsure |
disapprove |
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Nothing at all |
18% |
21 |
34 |
12 |
15% |
Only a little |
34% |
35 |
40 |
32 |
28% |
Some |
33% |
34 |
19 |
37 |
44% |
A great deal |
14% |
10 |
7 |
19 |
13% |
Question : In order either raise money or cut spending in next year’s budget a number of actions were considered. For each of these actions, tell me whether you think it’s a good idea or a bad idea? |
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[Rotate list] |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
April 09 |
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Reduce state aid to cities and towns. |
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Good idea |
24% |
16 |
25 |
36 |
28% |
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Bad idea |
66% |
76 |
63 |
55 |
60% |
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Unsure/ref. |
9% |
8 |
12 |
9 |
12% |
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Require state employees to take 9 unpaid days off |
(note 1) |
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Good idea |
52% |
52 |
50 |
55 |
55% |
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Bad idea |
40% |
42 |
38 |
38 |
37% |
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Unsure/ref. |
7% |
6 |
11 |
7 |
8% |
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Eliminate 7000 state jobs. (note 2) |
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Good idea |
38% |
29 |
45 |
51 |
39% |
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Bad idea |
50% |
61 |
36 |
39 |
49% |
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Unsure/ref. |
11% |
10 |
18 |
10 |
13% |
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Only give property tax rebates to seniors and people making less than 75 thousand dollars a year. |
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Good idea |
56% |
65 |
61 |
42 |
62% |
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Bad idea |
39% |
30 |
33 |
54 |
33% |
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Unsure/ref. |
5% |
5 |
5 |
4 |
6% |
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Increase taxes on wine and liquor |
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Good idea |
64% |
76 |
54 |
52 |
N/A |
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Bad idea |
31% |
23 |
42 |
41 |
N/A |
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Unsure/ref. |
4% |
1 |
4 |
7 |
N/A |
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Eliminate the property tax deduction on state income tax forms for households making $250,000. |
(note 3) |
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Good idea |
55% |
61 |
58 |
47 |
24% |
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Bad idea |
37% |
32 |
34 |
46 |
66% |
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Unsure/ref. |
7% |
7 |
8 |
6 |
10% |
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