see also:
FDU
Press Release
PoliticsNJ.com website
From PoliticsNJ.com, November 8, 2002
“FDU
poll comes closest to predicting Senate race
Most independent polls conducted on the U.S. Senate race between
Frank Lautenberg and Douglas Forrester during the final weeks of the
2002 campaign were generally accurate, with a November 3 survey conducted
by Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind coming the closest.
FDU predicted the 10-point margin correctly. Click
here for a comparison of most recent polls to actual results of New
Jersey's U.S. Senate race (11/08/02)
Comparison of
most recent polls to actual results of New Jersey's
federal Senate contest.
| RECENT U.S. SENATE POLLS COMPARED TO FINAL RESULT | Frank Lautenberg |
Doug Forrester |
SPREAD |
| ACTUAL RESULTS (Nov 5, 2002) | 54% | 44% | 10 |
| Gannett New Jersey | 42% | 37% | 5 |
| Mason-Dixon | 47% | 41% | 6 |
| Philadelphia Inquirer/ News 12 New Jersey | 47% | 41% | 6 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University1 | 47% | 38% | 9 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University2 | 47% | 37% | 10 |
| Quinnipiac University | 50% | 39% | 11 |
| Star- Ledger/Rutgers-Eagleton | 52% | 40% | 12 |
| New York Times/CBS | 48% | 36% | 12 |
| Zogby3 | 55% | 42% | 13 |
| Zogby4 | 54% | 38% | 16 |
”
see also:
FDU
Press Release
PoliticsNJ.com website