FDU PublicMind - January 8, 2007 Release

Tables

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			Oct	Sept	Jul	Apr	Mar	Jan
	All	D	I	R	‘06	‘06	‘06	‘06	‘06	‘06
Right direction	37%	50	24	24	35	34	32	26	34	34
Wrong track	51%	35	60	70	49	50	57	57	47	48
Don't know	12%	14	17	5	16	16	11	17	19	18

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 Un- favor- able	No opinion
Jon Corzine	3%	97%	14	36	16	13	21
Previous Surveys…
Corzine 11/3/06	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
Frank Lautenberg	16%	84%	16	29	12	17	26
Previous Surveys…
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

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	Some- what	Some- what	Very	No opinion
[ROTATE NAMES]	Haven't heard of	Heard of	Favor- able	Favor- able	Un- favor- able	Un- favor- able	No opinion
Bob Menendez	8%	92%	9	24	17	17	32
*Previous surveys…*
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

Question: How would you rate the job Jon Corzine is doing as governor…[READ]?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Nov	Oct	Sept	July	Apr	Mar
Excellent	4%	8	1	2	10%	11	9	11	5	5
Good	34%	44	27	25	40%	40	33	32	23	30
Only fair	38%	40	43	34	30%	32	33	27	36	31
Poor	17%	4	18	34	17%	14	20	24	22	8
unsure (vol)	7%	4	11	5	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	Nov	Oct	Sept	Jul	Apr	Mar
Approve	51%	69	38	33	58	56	51	50	39	47
Disapprove	29%	15	35	48	27	28	31	37	36	16
mixed/DK	19%	16	26	20	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…?
[rotate]	All	D	Ind	R	<50K	51-100K	101-150K	151K+	Nov	Aug
A great deal	17%	11	23	22	22	15	16	14	17	14
Some	23%	20	27	25	20	25	27	20	26	27
Just a little	30%	34	28	26	28	33	26	33	30	29
Or not at all	28%	33	22	27	27	27	31	32	26	28
Don't know	2%	2	1	1	3	1	--	1	1	2

Question: It has been suggested that the New Jersey Turnpike could be leased to a private company. The private company would run the turnpike and pay the state a large amount of money. How much have you heard or read about this proposal?
[rotate]	All	Dem	Ind	Rep.
A great deal	14%	8	19	19
Some	30%	30	27	34
Just a little	22%	26	24	19
Nothing at all	35%	37	30	29

Question: And do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea to lease the New Jersey Turnpike?
	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.
Good idea	17%	16	15	20
Bad idea	54%	53	60	53
Unsure/depends (vol)	29%	31	25	27

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