FDU PublicMind - November 1, 2005 Release

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	Vote For…			Oct	Sep ‘05	Jul ‘05	Apr ‘05	Jan. ‘05	Oct. ‘04
	All	D	I	R	Corzine	Forrester	Not Sure	11^th‘05	Sep ‘05	Jul ‘05	Apr ‘05	Jan. ‘05	Oct. ‘04
Right Direction	22%	30	24	11	31	13	23	29	39	36	29	40	40
Wrong track	62%	52	59	76	50	77	48	59	49	51	59	45	48
Don’t know	17%	18	16	13	19	10	29	12	12	13	12	15	12

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 Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	No opinion
Doug Forrester	1%	99%	18	22	18	18	24
Jon Corzine	--	100%	19	21	17	23	20
Previous Surveys…
Forrester 10/27/05	1%	99%	16	26	21	18	19
Forrester 10/11	4%	96%	16	27	18	13	26
Forrester 9/05	9%	91%	13	29	19	9	30
Forrester 7/05	10%	90%	12	34	17	11	27
Forrester 4/05	20%	80%	13	26	14	6	41
Forrester 1/05	36%	64%	8	22	10	7	51
Corzine 10/27/05	0%	100%	23	25	16	21	15
Corzine 10/05	2%	98%	23	24	17	17	18
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

Question: If the election for Governor of New Jersey were held right now, and you had to make a choice, which of the following …or … would you vote for? [If “unsure” ask:] Which way do you lean…?
Rotate names	All	D	I	R	con	mod	Lib	Men	Wom	Married women	white	Non- white
Jon Corzine, the Democratic	42%
lean Corzine	2%
Total Corzine	44%	80	30	8	23	38	71	39	47	42	38	71
Doug Forrester, the Republican	39%
lean Forrester	1%
Total Forrester	40%	12	35	80	65	34	17	48	35	39	46	17
Unsure	13%	5	29	10	10	25	8	10	15	15	12	10
Other	3%	3	7	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3

Due to rounding, numbers may not add.

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 …?

Rotate names
All

NJ right direction

NJ on wrong track

11 Oct.

All

11 Oct

Reps.

Sept ‘05

All

Sept. Rep

July ‘05

Jon Corzine
61%

68

60

60%

45

68%

58

68%

Doug Forrester
18%

13

21

22%

39

18%

30

17%

Too close to call (vol.)
10%

5

12

7%

8

4%

7

4%

Don’t Know (vol.)
10%

14

7

11%

8

9%

6

11%

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 …?
Rotate names	All	NJ right direction	NJ on wrong track	11 Oct. All	11 Oct Reps.	Sept ‘05 All	Sept. Rep	July ‘05
Jon Corzine	61%	68	60	60%	45	68%	58	68%
Doug Forrester	18%	13	21	22%	39	18%	30	17%
Too close to call (vol.)	10%	5	12	7%	8	4%	7	4%
Don’t Know (vol.)	10%	14	7	11%	8	9%	6	11%