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Survey of 500 Likely Voters October 19, 2005
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October 20, 2005--In the race to be New Jersey's next Governor, Democrat Jon Corzine's now leads Republican Doug Forrester by nine percentage points. The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll finds that Senator Corzine attracting 49% of the Garden State vote while Forrester earns 40%. That's a slight improvement for Corzine. Two weeks ago, he was ahead by just 7 percentage points. On the night following a televised debate between Corzine, Forrester, and two other candidates, just 39% of New Jersey voters said they had even read, seen, or heard news stories about the debate. Just 7% say that debates are very important in terms of impacting how they will vote. Among those who had heard about the debate, 34% thought Forrester won while 29% said Corzine was better. [More Below]
Property taxes are considered the most important issue by 38% of New Jersey voters. Eighteen percent (18%) named economic growth and 16% said corruption was the issue that needs to be addressed. On the issue of taxes, 39% trust Forrester more than Corzine. Thirty-six percent (36%) take the opposite view while 22% say they don't trust either man. On economic growth, 41% trust Corzine more, 37% trust Forrester, and 15% say neither. When it comes to corruption, 37% trust Forrester more, 27% Corzine, and 23% neither. Forty-one percent (41%) of voters have a favorable impression of Forrester while 31% have an unfavorable opinion. For Corzine, the numbers are 41% favorable and 41% unfavorable. 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 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports October 19, 2005. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. |
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