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NJ Governor--Corzine 53% Forrester 43% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Survey of 1,042 Voters November 8, 2005
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November 9, 2005--In a fitting end to a nasty campaign, Democrat Jon Corzine was elected Governor of New Jersey even though just 45% of New Jersey voters had a favorable opinion of him. An equal number had an unfavorable number according to a Rasmussen Reports Election Night poll. [NOTE: CrossTabs Available for Premium Members] Corzine was ahead in every single Rasmussen Reports poll this season, with leads ranging from a low of 4 percentage points to a high of 13 points. The most unusual aspect of the race was the final week when Corzine's wife had some unflattering things to say about her ex and Forrester turned this into a campaign commercial. This appeared to create some doubts among Corzine supporters as his lead slipped to 5 percentage points two days before the Election.' In that survey, however, there were an unusually large number of undecideds (including 15% of Democrats). On Election Day, these voters came home to their party. Fifteen percent (15%) of all voters made their final decision on the last day or two of the campaign and Corzine earned 57% of those vote to 38% for Forrester. [More Below]
While voters had doubts about Corzine, they had even more doubts about his opponent. Only 38% of Garden State voters had a favorable opinion of Doug Forrester while 43% held an unfavorable view. Among those who decided at the last minute, just 22% had a favorable opinion of the Republican candidate. Voters gave Acting Governor Richard Codey a 71% Job Approval Rating, nearly as high as the figures for outgoing Governor Warner in Virginia. President Bush had a 40% Job Approval Rating among NJ voters on Tuesday. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade. To keep up with our latest releases, be sure to visit the Rasmussen Reports Home Page.
This survey of 1,042 Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 8, 2005. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. |
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