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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 | D | I | R | Vote For… | Oct | Sep ‘05 |
Jul ‘05 |
Apr ‘05 |
Jan ‘05 |
Oct ‘04 |
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| Cor- zine |
For- rester |
Not Sure |
11 ‘05 |
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| Right Direction | 23% | 30 | 24 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 39 | 36 | 29 | 40 | 40 |
| Wrong track | 64% | 53 | 59 | 81 | 48 | 83 | 56 | 59 | 49 | 51 | 59 | 45 | 48 |
| Don't know | 13% | 17 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 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 Favor- able |
Some- what Favor- able |
Some- what Unfavor- able |
Very Unfavor- able |
No opinion |
| Doug Forrester | 1% | 99% | 16 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 19 |
| Jon Corzine | 0% | 100% | 23 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 15 |
| Previous Surveys… | |||||||
| Forrester 10/11/05 | 4% | 96% | 16 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 26 |
| Forrester 9/05 | 9% | 91% | 13 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 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 10/11/05 | 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 |
| Codey 10/05 | 11% | 89% | 28 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| Codey 9/05 | 21% | 80% | 28 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 20 |
| Codey 7/05 | 15% | 85% | 21 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Codey 4/05 | 22% | 78% | 21 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 23 |
| Codey 01/05 | 35% | 65% | 18 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 44 |
| Codey 10/04 | 59% | 42% | 6 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 66 |
| Codey 8/04 | 68% | 32% | 11 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 60 |
| Lauten- berg 7/05 |
11% | 89% | 19 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
| Question: If the election for Governor of New Jersey were held right now, and you had to hake 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 | white | Non-white |
| Jon Corzine, the Democratic | 44% | ||||||||||
| lean Corzine | 3% | ||||||||||
| Total Corzine | 47% | 78 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 74 | 43 | 50 | 42 | 74 |
| Doug Forrester, the Republican | 37% | ||||||||||
| lean Forrester | 2% | ||||||||||
| Total Forrester | 39% | 12 | 34 | 78 | 63 | 30 | 16 | 45 | 34 | 44 | 19 |
| Unsure | 11% | 8 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Other | 3% | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Due to rounding, numbers may not add.
| Question: Which candidate for governor… or … is best described by…? | |||||||
| rotate names | All | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | |
| Honest, trustworthy | ` | ||||||
| Jon Corzine | 25% | 42 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 30% | |
| Doug Forrester | 28% | 10 | 19 | 56 | 29 | 25% | |
| neither (vol) | 22% | 21 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 17% | |
| both (vol) | 10% | 11 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 9% | |
| don't know (vol) | 15% | 17 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 18% | |
| Can do something about high property taxes? | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | ||
| Jon Corzine | 29% | 46 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 33% | |
| Doug Forrester | 28% | 15 | 19 | 50 | 34 | 28% | |
| neither (vol) | 24% | 21 | 37 | 22 | 22 | 19% | |
| both (vol) | 6% | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4% | |
| don't know (vol) | 14% | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16% | |
| Understands the concerns of the average person | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | ||
| Jon Corzine | 35% | 58 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 37% | |
| Doug Forrester | 28% | 13 | 15 | 52 | 31 | 28% | |
| neither (vol) | 19% | 14 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 15% | |
| both (vol) | 8% | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6% | |
| don't know (vol) | 10% | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 16% | |
| Has the background and experience to be a good governor | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | ||
| Jon Corzine | 45% | 70 | 38 | 20 | 42 | 42% | |
| Doug Forrester | 25% | 8 | 20 | 49 | 26 | 22% | |
| neither (vol) | 6% | 3 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 10% | |
| both (vol) | 14% | 11 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10% | |
| don't know (vol) | 11% | 8 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 16% | |
| Negative campaigner | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | ||
| Jon Corzine | 21% | 11 | 11 | 39 | 25 | 21% | |
| Doug Forrester | 26% | 38 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 26% | |
| neither (vol) | 7% | 7 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19% | |
| both (vol) | 35% | 34 | 40 | 36 | 18 | 9% | |
| don't know (vol) | 10% | 10 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 25% | |
| Independent of the party bosses and large campaign contributors | Dems | Ind. | Rep. | 11 Oct. | September | ||
| Jon Corzine | 25% | 39 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 31% | |
| Doug Forrester | 24% | 13 | 16 | 42 | 25 | 22% | |
| neither (vol) | 22% | 19 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 15% | |
| both (vol) | 9% | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 7% | |
| don't know (vol) | 20% | 20 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 25% | |
| 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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All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep. |
11 Oct. |
11 Oct |
Sept ‘05 |
Sept. ‘05 Rep |
July ‘05 |
|
63% |
77 |
57 |
51 |
60% |
45 |
68% |
58 |
68% |
|
18% |
10 |
19 |
30 |
22% |
39 |
18% |
30 |
17% |
|
10% |
8 |
11 |
12 |
7% |
8 |
4% |
7 |
4% |
|
8% |
6 |
13 |
8 |
11% |
8 |
9% |
6 |
11% |
Contacts:
Rick Thigpen, academic associate, 609-394-0888.
Peter Woolley, coordinator: 973-443-8725
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see also:
Survey
Analysis
Republican Analysis
Democratic Analysis
Survey Details
