Tables

 

Question: Have you heard of a store called Wal-Mart?
  Yes 99%
  No  1%

Question: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Wal-Mart? Would that be very or somewhat…?
  All Party Ideology
Dem Ind Rep. Cons. Mod. Liberal
  Very Favorable 24% 24 25 25 26 25 23
  Somewhat favorable 30% 24 29 35 34 26 25
  Somewhat unfavorable 13% 14 15 13 10 16 15
  Very unfavorable 14% 19 12 10 9 12 24
  Unsure (vol) 19% 20 19 18 21 22 13

Question: About how often, if at all, have you shopped at Wal-Mart in the past year…?
 
All
Age
NJ Regions*
18
-
34
35
-
54
55
-
64
65
+
NE
NW
Urban
Cntral
South
  Every week
8%
12
7
8
8
2
11
6
9
11
  Once or twice a month
22%
31
24
17
19
12
28
14
28
24
  Several times this year
22%
21
27
22
14
18
27
21
22
22
  Just once or twice
27%
25
26
29
26
26
22
31
25
29
  Never
21%
10
16
24
32
41
11
27
16
14
  Don't know / depends (vol)
1%
2
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1
1
 1   1   1   1
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* Northeast = Passaic and Bergen counties. Northwest = Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Morris, and Somerset counties. Urban Core = Essex, Hudson and Union counties. Central = Ocean, Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Middlesex counties. South = Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Camden, Atlantic and Salem counties.

Question: Some people say Wal-Mart is…[good because it provides shoppers with the lowest price and saves them money]. Others say Wal-Mart is… [bad because it drives other business out and doesn't pay its workers well enough]. Which comes closest to your view?
rotate answers All Party How often have you shopped
Dem Ind Rep Every week 1 or 2x month Several times Once or twice Never
good 49% 42 49 56 72 71 53 35 21
bad 37% 46 32 30 20 18 35 55 58
Neither / Both 9%   7 12   8 8   6   8   6 13
Don't know / depends (vol)   6%   5   6   6 --   5   4    5   9


Question: Some people say Wal-Mart is…[good because it provides shoppers with the lowest price and saves them money]. Others say Wal-Mart is… [bad because it drives other business out and doesn't pay its workers well enough]. Which comes closest to your view?
rotate answers All Ideology Race
Con Mod Lib White NonWhite
  good 49% 55 45 45 46 56
  bad 37% 28 41 45 40 28
  Neither/both [don't read]   9% 10   9   7 10   8
  Don't know/depends (vol)   6%   7   5   4   5   9

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