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

Senate Race

Oct

Sept

Jul

Apr

Mar

Jan

Oct

D

I

R

Menen- dez

Kean

DK

06

06

06

06

06

05

05

Right direction

35%

43

30

26

37

23

31

37%

34

32

26

34

34

23

Wrong track

49%

38

55

62

50

66

44

49%

50

57

57

47

48

64

Don't know

16%

19

15

12

14

11

25

14%

16

11

17

19

18

13

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?

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No opinion

Jon Corzine

  1%

99%

24

31

13

15

17

Previous Surveys…

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

Vote Menendez

Vote Kean

Dem

Ind

Rep

Oct

Sept

July

Apr

Mar

Excellent

10%

10

  4

12

  8

  8

11

  9

11

  5

5

Good

40%

41

26

53

29

28

40

33

32

23

30

Only fair

30%

29

36

27

39

29

32

33

27

36

31

Poor

17%

17

31

  5

 21

32

14

20

24

22

8

unsure (vol)

   3%

  2

  3

   3

  4

  3

  3

  5

  5

14

26

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

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Agree with NJ court

Disagree with court

Oct

Sept

Jul

Apr

Mar

Approve

58%

76

46

40

66

47

56

51

50

39

47

Disapprove

27%

12

25

49

20

38

28

31

37

36

16

mixed/DK

15%

11

29

11

14

15

16

18

13

24

38

Question: Recently, New Jersey raised its sales tax from 6 per cent to 7 per cent. So far, how much of a difference has this made to you personally…?

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All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Vote Menen-
dez

Vote Kean

Undecided

August

A great deal

17%

14

18

19

15

16

24

14%

Some

26%

22

24

34

26

34

26

27%

Just a little

30%

33

33

26

31

30

27

29%

Or not at all

26%

31

24

20

27

19

21

28%

Don't know

  1%

  1

--

  1

  1

  1

  2

  2%

Question:  Do you agree or disagree with the New Jersey Supreme Court's recent decision to award same sex couples the same rights as married men and women?  Would that be very or somewhat?

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All

Menendez voters

Kean voters

Men

Women

White

African-Am

Agree strongly

36%

38

20

33

39

38

23

Agree somewhat

17%

18

15

15

19

18

14

Disagree somewhat

  9%

10

  9

12

 6

  8

13

Disagree strongly

31%

31

49

36

27

29

48

Don't know

  6%

  4

  8

   4

  9

   6

  2