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

Party

Jan. 21-27

Jan. 14-20

Jan.
1-6

D

I

R

2008

2008

2008

Right direction

25%

34

21

14

28%

26%

30%

Wrong track

65%

54

70

80

61%

63%

55%

Unsure

10%

12

  9

  6

11%

11%

15%

Oct

Sep

Jun

May

Mar

Jan

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘06

‘06

Right direction

30

38

36

42

39

37

Wrong track

59

49

50

44

47

51

Unsure

12

12

14

14

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?

Haven’t heard of

Heard of

Unsure

Jon Corzine

2%

98%

14

28

19

26

13

Previous Surveys…

Corzine 21-28 Jan 08

2%

98%

13

26

18

25

18

Corzine 14-20 Jan 08

2%

98%

13

29

19

22

17

Corzine 1-6 Jan 08

2%

98%

13

34

20

16

18

Corzine 10/07

2%

98%

17

31

18

16

17

Corzine 09/07

1%

99%

19

35

16

15

14

Corzine 06/07

4%

96%

21

30

16

15

18

Corzine 05/07

4%

96%

21

37

16

12

15

Corzine 03/07

2%

98%

22

31

17

13

17

Corzine 01/07

3%

 97%

14

36

16

13

21

Corzine 11/06

1%

99%

24

31

13

15

17

Corzine 10/06

  2%

98%

26

29

14

17

15

Corzine 09/06

  3%

97%

23

25

15

17

20

Corzine 07/06

  2%

98%

23

25

14

23

15

Corzine 04/06

  3%

97%

16

26

14

21

22

Corzine 03/06

  5%

95%

20

30

10

12

26

Corzine 01/06

  4%

96%

19

24

17

14

26

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

Question: How would you rate the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor… [READ]?

All

Party

Employed and … (n=540)

Party

Dem

Ind

Rep

Commute on turnpike and GSP

Don’t use NJT or GSP

Dem

Ind

Rep

Excellent

  5%

  8

  2

  1

  4

  5

  6%

  8

 3

  5

Good

28%

37

26

15

27

29

29%

39

22

18

Only fair

38%

40

36

38

35

42

39%

38

44

40

Poor

27%

13

34

44

33

23

23%

13

30

35

unsure (vol)

  2%

  2

   2

  1

   1

  1

  3%

  3

  1

  2

Jan. 1-6 2008

Dem

Ind

Rep

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Excellent

  5%

  7

  2

  2

  5%

6

4

2

Good

33%

42

27

21

31%

38

28

21

Only fair

37%

36

39

37

42%

42

40

43

Poor

21%

11

24

36

17%

9

18

28

unsure (vol)

  5%

  4

  8

  3

   6%

5

10

6

Oct 2007

Sep

Jun

Mar

Jan

Nov. 2006

Oct

Sep

Excellent

   5

  7

  5

  6

   4

10

11

  9

Good

37

37

37

39

34

40

40

33

Only fair

38

39

36

39

38

30

32

33

Poor

17

15

14

12

17

17

14

20

unsure

   3

  3

  8

  4

 7

   3

  3

  5

Question: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor?

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Public Union

Non-union

Heard about Toll Plan?

Some or a lot

Little or none

Approve

42%

56

36

24

46

41

41

44

Disapprove

43%

28

49

62

43

43

45

30

mixed/DK

16%

15

14

13

11

16

14

26

Question: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor?

Jan. 21-27

Jan. 14-20

Jan. 1-6

Approve

41%

44%

48%

Disapprove

39%

36%

32%

mixed/DK

20%

20%

20%

Previous surveys

Oct 07

Sept

June

March

Jan

Nov 06

Oct

Sep

Jul

Apr

Mar

Approve

51%

54

50

55

51

58

56

51

50

39

47

Disapprove

29%

25

27

25

29

27

28

31

37

36

16

mixed/DK

20%

21

23

20

19

15

16

18

13

24

38

Question: And thinking about roads and bridges in New Jersey, how much have you heard of proposals to increase tolls on the Turnpike and Parkway to provide new funds to repair New Jersey bridges and roads and restructure the state’s finances… READ?

Current

Jan. 21-27

Jan. 14-20

Jan 2-6

Oct. 2007

A lot

60%

62%

56%

29%

26%

Some

25%

24%

27%

34%

31%

Just a little

11%

 9%

13%

24%

22%

Nothing at all

  4%

 5%

  5%

14%

21%

Question: Do you support or oppose raising tolls on the Turnpike and Parkway to provide new funds to repair bridges and roads, widen the Turnpike and restructure the state’s finances.

All

D

I

R

Household is

Employed and…  (n=540)

Jan. 21-27

Jan. 14-20

Public Union

Non-union

Support

28%

36

24

18

28

28

24

30

33%

34%

39%

Oppose

64%

55

68

74

64

64

70

63

59%

57%

50%

unsure

  8%

  8

  8

  8

  8

  8

  7

  7

  8%

  9%

11%

Question: And if it came down to it in the next state budget, which would you rather support…?

Rotate options

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Lib

Mod

Cons.

Raise tolls

20%

28

13

11

31

17

13

Raise the gas tax

  9%

12

  6

  7

12

11

  5

Raise the income tax

  8%

11

10

  4

11

  8

  6

Make very steep budget cuts

  51%

36

58

69

37

52

65

Don’t know (vol.)

   7%

  7

  7

  5

  4

  8

  3

None/other (vol.)

   5%

  6

  6

  3

  4

  4

  8