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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 Party Race     Jul Apr Mar Jan Oct Sep
D I R White Non-White     06 06 06 06 05 05
Right direction 34% 45 25 23 29 56     32 26 34 34 23 39
Wrong track 50% 35 64 64 55 31     57 57 47 48 64 49
Don't know 16% 20 11 13 17 13     11 17 19 18 13 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
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favor-
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No opinion
Jon Corzine

  3%

97%

23

25

15

17

20

Previous Surveys…              
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 Demo-
crat
Indepen-
dent
Republi-
can
    July April March

Excellent

  9%

14

  5

  5

   

11

  5

5

Good

33%

41

34

22

   

32

23

30

Only fair

33%

31

35

35

   

27

36

31

Poor

20%

  9

20

32

   

24

22

8

unsure (vol)

  5%

  5

  6

  5

   

  5

14

26



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

  All Dem Ind Rep NJ Pension
House-
hold
Non-NJ Pension July April March

Approve

51%

66

46

34

59

49

50%

39%

47%

Disapprove

31%

16

31

48

26

32

37%

36%

16%

mixed/DK

18%

17

23

18

15

19

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 Dem Ind Rep Conservative Moderate Liberal

A great deal

14%

10

15

17

20

12

  9

Some

27%

28

27

26

27

28

29

Just a little

29%

34

28

23

26

31

30

Or not at all

28%

27

27

31

26

29

31

Don't know

  2%

  1

  3

  3

  2

  1

  2


see also:

Survey Analysis
Republican Analysis
Democratic Analysis
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