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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

Gender

Sep

Jun

May

Mar

Jan

Oct

Sep

D

I

R

Men

Wom

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘06

‘06

‘06

‘06

Right direction

30%

37

19

21

29

30

38

36

42

39

37

35

34

Wrong track

59%

47

70

73

62

56

49

50

44

47

51

49

50

Unsure

12%

16

10

  6

  9

14

12

14

14

15

12

16

16

 

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?

N = 528

Haven’t heard of

Heard of

Very
Favorable

Some-
what
Favorable

Some-
what
Unfavorable

Very
Un-
favor-
able

Un-
sure

Jon Corzine

2%

98%

17

31

18

16

17

Previous Surveys…

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



N = 517

Haven’t heard of

Heard of

Very
Favorable

Some-
what
Favorable

Some-
what
Unfavorable

Very
Un-
favor-
able

Un-
sure

Frank Lautenberg

14%

86%

16

27

11

14

31

Previous Surveys…

Lautenberg 09/07

15%

85%

19

29

13

14

25

Lautenberg 06/07

21%

79%

16

32

13

15

24

Lautenberg 05/07

18%

82%

16

35

12

11

26

Lautenberg 03/07

11%

89%

23

30

13

12

22

Lautenberg 01/07

16%

84%

16

29

12

17

26

Lautenberg 07/06

10%

90%

22

27

11

18

22

Lautenberg 03/06

15%

85%

22

30

13

13

22

Lautenberg 01/06

15%

85%

18

33

13

14

22

Lautenberg 7/05

11%

89%

19

36

15

16

14



N = 518

Haven’t heard of

Heard of

Very

Some-
what

Some-
what

Very

No opinion

Favor-
able

Favor-
able

Unfavor-
able

Un-
favor-
able

Bob Menendez

10%

90%

9

23

17

15

36

Previous surveys…

             

Menendez 09/07

9%

91%

9

21

20

15

35

Menendez 06/07

17%

83%

7

19

19

17

39

Menendez 05/07

13%

87%

8

22

19

16

35

Menendez 03/07

6%

94%

11

25

18

13

33

Menendez 01/07

8%

92%

9

24

17

17

32

Menendez 11/06

3%

97%

13

23

16

19

28

Menendez 10/06

 8%

92%

15

24

14 

20

27

Menendez 8/06

25%

76%

10

23

16

13

39

Menendez 7/06

24%

76%

13

23

14

11

40

Menendez 4/06 

37%

63%

10

29

9

10

42

Menendez 3/06

35%

65%

12

28

6

7

46

Menendez 1/06

40%

60%

12

21

11

6

50

Menendez 9/05

64%

36%

14

27

16

5

38

Menendez 7/05

62%

38%

16

33

10

6

36



N = 524

Haven’t heard of

 

Heard of

   

Favorable

Unfavorable

No opinion

 

Ann Milgram

85%

 

5%

2%

8%

   


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

 

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Sep

Jun

Mar

Jan

Nov

Oct

Sep

Excellent

   5%

  8

  5

  1

  7

  5

  6

   4

10

11

  9

Good

37%

50

24

21

37

37

39

34

40

40

33

Only fair

38%

33

42

46

39

36

39

38

30

32

33

Poor

17%

 6

27

30

15

14

12

17

17

14

20

unsure (vol)

   3%

 2

 3

  2

  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

Men

Women

Approve

51%

68

38

30

54

50

49

53

Disapprove

29%

11

41

52

28

29

35

24

mixed/DK

20%

21

22

17

18

21

16

24

Previous surveys

Sept

June

March

Jan

Nov

Oct

Sep

Jul

Apr

Mar

Approve

54%

50

55

51

58

56

51

50

39

47

Disapprove

25%

27

25

29

27

28

31

37

36

16

mixed/DK

21%

23

20

19

15

16

18

13

24

38


Question: If the election for state assembly and state senate were held today, would you vote for the… or… candidates in your district? [If not sure, ask “which way do you lean?”]

 

All

Dem

Indp

Rep

NJ on

right track

NJ on

wrong track

Sept.

total Republican

32%

  4%

19

80

24

39

32%

total Democrat

49%

89%

19

  3

61

40

47%

split or neither (vol)

  9%

  4%

31

  9

  8

12

11%

don’t know/ref. (vol)

10%

  4%

31

  8

  8

  9

10%


Question: By the way, comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has more or fewer dishonest politicians, or about the same?

 

All NJ

Vote for assembly and senate NJ

NJ party

NJ

Sep 07

NJ

Jun 07

NJ 2001

Nation 2001

Dems

Reps

   

Dem

Ind

Rep

More

39%

28

56

   

28

51

55

45%

42%

14%

11%

Fewer

  4%

  6

  2

   

  6

  3

  2

  2%

10%

10%

3%

Same

50%

60

38

   

60

36

39

48%

31%

71%

54%

Unsure

  7%

  6

  4

   

  6

10

  4

  4%

16%

5%

32%

For complete results of the June 2007 poll go to: http://publicmind.fdu.edu/welikeit/ 

For complete results of the June 2001 poll go to: http://publicmind.fdu.edu/sameorbetter/index.html

 

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see also:

Survey Analysis
Survey Details
Republican Response
Democratic Response

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