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

Town pop

D

I

R

> 10,000

~10,000

<10,000

Right direction

26%

33

26

15

25

13

25

Wrong track

66%

55

66

81

68

77

63

Unsure

  9%

11

  8

  5

  7

10

12

Feb

Jan

Oct

Sep

Jun

May

Mar

‘08

‘08

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘07

‘06

Right direction

25%

28

30

38

36

42

39

Wrong track

65%

61

59

49

50

44

47

Unsure

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?

Haven’t heard of

Heard of

Unsure

Jon Corzine

2%

98%

12

26

22

30

10

Previous Surveys…

Corzine 02/08

2%

98%

14

28

19

26

13

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

Dem

Ind

Rep

Excellent

  3%

  5

  3

  2

Good

29%

39

27

15

Only fair

36%

37

35

36

Poor

30%

17

33

46

unsure (vol)

  2%

  2

  3

  1

Feb 08

Jan 08

Oct  07

Sep

Jun

Mar

Jan

Nov 06

Oct 06

Sep 06

Excellent

  5%

  6

   5

  7

  5

  6

   4

10

11

  9

Good

28%

29

37

37

37

39

34

40

40

33

Only fair

38%

39

38

39

36

39

38

30

32

33

Poor

27%

23

17

15

14

12

17

17

14

20

unsure

  2%

  3

   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

North Jersey

South Jersey

Household

Public Union

Non-union

Approve

44%

56

39

27

49

38

40

45

Disapprove

45%

31

46

65

39

51

51

43

mixed/DK

11%

13

14

  8

 11

11

  9

12

Previous surveys

Feb

Oct 07

Sep

Jun

Mar

Jan

Nov 06

Oct

Sep

Jul

Apr

Mar

Ap-
prove

42

41

48

51

54

50

55

51

58

56

51

50

39

47

Dis-
approve

43

39

32

29

25

27

25

29

27

28

31

37

36

16

mixed/
DK

16

20

20

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?

All

Feb.

Jan 21-27

Jan 14-20

Jan 2-6

Oct 2007

A lot

63%

60%

62%

56%

29%

26%

Some

24%

25%

24%

27%

34%

31%

Just a little

  8%

11%

 9%

13%

24%

22%

Nothing at all

  5%

  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

Feb

Jan. 21-27

Jan. 14-20

Public Union

Non-union

Lib-
eral

Mod

Con-
ser

Support

33%

40

25

26

32

33

45

32

23

28%

33%

34%

Oppose

60%

51

62

70

62

59

46

59

72

64%

59%

57%

unsure

  8%

  9

13

  4

  6

  8

  9

  9

  5

  8%

  8%

  9%

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

Rotate options

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Lib

Mod

Cons

Feb.

Raise tolls

26%

36

18

16

38

28

12

20%

Raise the gas tax

  8%

  7

  4

10

  8

  9

  5

  9%

Raise the income tax

  6%

  7

  8

  2

  8

  5

  4

  8%

Make very steep budget cuts

49%

37

52

65

33

51

63

  51%

Don’t know (vol.)

   8%

  8

11

  4

 7

  4

10

   7%

None/other (vol.)

    4%

  5

  6

  3

 4

  2

  5

   5%

Question: Now, thinking about taxes and spending, what do you think is most responsible for driving up New Jersey state taxes and spending over the years…READ?

[ROTATE LIST]

Town is

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

>10,000

<10,000

2007

2006

Public schools

8%

  8

11

8

  8

  8

14%

  8%

Roads and highways

4%

  5

  2

1

  4

  4

  2%

  4%

Too many small towns

6%

  8

  6

3

  5

  8

N/A*

N/A

Pensions and health care for public employees

18%

12

17

27

18

16

13%

18%

Fraud and waste

43%

38

45

50

45

46

36%

44%

Just normal growth

 8%

12

  1

5

  7

10

  6%

  7%

None of above/other  (vol)

 4%

  5

  8

1

  4

  4

14%

  3%

Don’t know  (vol)

 8%

11

  9

4

  8

  5

   6%

  6%

Question: Now, thinking about property taxes… Do you expect property taxes where you live to increase this year, decrease, or stay about the same?... a little or a lot?

[rotate]

Your town is

Jersey

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

>10,000

<10,000

North

South

Last year

Increase a lot

43%

41

44

48

43

43

45

42

33%

Increase a little

34%

36

32

30

34

34

32

35

36%

Stay same

15%

13

10

19

13

15

14

15

21%

Decrease a little

  3%

  3

  6

   1

  3

  3

  3

     2

  4%

Decrease a lot

  2%

  3

  0

   1

  2

  1

  2

  2

  1%

Don’t know (vol)

  4%

  4

  8

   1

  4

  3

  4

  4

  5%