NEW JERSEY SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Tuesday February 14, 2006
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| New Jersey Survey of 500 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted February 14, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Trust on Iraq | President Bush | 37% | 78% | 9% | 33% | 70% | 34% | 7% | 34% | 41% | 35% | 21% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 88% | 7% | 18% | 44% | 31% | 43% | 26% | 42% | 36% | 38% | 42% | 29% | 40% | 35% | 27% | 31% | 41% | 52% | 38% | 39% | 28% | 42% | 40% | 39% | 33% | 33% | 30% | 34% | 51% | 24% |
| Democrats in Congress | 51% | 14% | 81% | 48% | 21% | 52% | 82% | 45% | 48% | 51% | 68% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 8% | 85% | 24% | 45% | 56% | 47% | 63% | 42% | 50% | 52% | 47% | 56% | 48% | 52% | 63% | 44% | 49% | 42% | 47% | 53% | 62% | 47% | 39% | 46% | 58% | 57% | 63% | 39% | 39% | 65% | |
| Not Sure | 12% | 8% | 11% | 19% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 20% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 4% | 8% | 58% | 11% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 25% | 10% | 6% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 21% | 14% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 27% | 9% | 11% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Trust on Economy | President Bush | 35% | 71% | 10% | 32% | 68% | 29% | 6% | 53% | 41% | 28% | 18% | 84% | 6% | 10% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 31% | 44% | 26% | 39% | 34% | 35% | 40% | 29% | 35% | 35% | 18% | 31% | 40% | 47% | 35% | 39% | 19% | 40% | 34% | 40% | 31% | 32% | 30% | 31% | 43% | 30% |
| Democrats in Congress | 53% | 20% | 82% | 49% | 24% | 58% | 83% | 27% | 48% | 58% | 66% | 10% | 89% | 35% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 51% | 55% | 49% | 68% | 45% | 52% | 51% | 50% | 57% | 53% | 53% | 70% | 41% | 54% | 45% | 50% | 58% | 65% | 47% | 45% | 50% | 59% | 57% | 61% | 50% | 44% | 62% | |
| Not Sure | 12% | 9% | 9% | 19% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 6% | 6% | 55% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 9% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 10% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 27% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 3% | 16% | 13% | 21% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 19% | 13% | 8% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Iraq | Very Important | 56% | 48% | 63% | 55% | 57% | 47% | 67% | 47% | 70% | 43% | 61% | 45% | 68% | 40% | 41% | 68% | 48% | 54% | 58% | 45% | 54% | 55% | 59% | 63% | 55% | 57% | 54% | 57% | 74% | 51% | 61% | 48% | 59% | 52% | 41% | 59% | 47% | 57% | 63% | 50% | 73% | 51% | 61% | 49% |
| Somewhat Important | 31% | 38% | 26% | 32% | 28% | 38% | 24% | 44% | 21% | 39% | 33% | 41% | 25% | 31% | 44% | 24% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 41% | 29% | 33% | 30% | 26% | 34% | 28% | 31% | 31% | 13% | 27% | 27% | 49% | 30% | 35% | 51% | 26% | 33% | 30% | 25% | 44% | 15% | 37% | 31% | 34% | |
| Not Very Important | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 5% | 10% | 0% | 8% | 3% | 20% | 7% | 4% | 15% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 5% | 1% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 16% | 15% | 8% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 9% | 5% | 7% | |
| Not at All Important | 2% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 9% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Health Care | Very Important | 75% | 47% | 92% | 78% | 55% | 79% | 87% | 88% | 72% | 76% | 76% | 50% | 89% | 87% | 48% | 89% | 90% | 70% | 78% | 70% | 65% | 77% | 79% | 75% | 70% | 80% | 67% | 78% | 94% | 80% | 78% | 58% | 74% | 61% | 66% | 65% | 67% | 75% | 82% | 74% | 86% | 77% | 69% | 77% |
| Somewhat Important | 18% | 33% | 8% | 18% | 32% | 15% | 12% | 1% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 33% | 10% | 11% | 35% | 9% | 8% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 27% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 22% | 13% | 27% | 15% | 5% | 18% | 17% | 31% | 19% | 23% | 29% | 27% | 24% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 8% | 15% | 23% | 18% | |
| Not Very Important | 5% | 14% | 0% | 3% | 12% | 3% | 0% | 10% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 13% | 0% | 1% | 14% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 0% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 5% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Economy | Very Important | 75% | 63% | 84% | 74% | 66% | 81% | 78% | 57% | 65% | 85% | 86% | 62% | 84% | 73% | 56% | 88% | 69% | 69% | 79% | 68% | 76% | 78% | 75% | 73% | 75% | 74% | 74% | 75% | 91% | 70% | 79% | 76% | 76% | 69% | 62% | 54% | 68% | 80% | 78% | 78% | 75% | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| Somewhat Important | 22% | 31% | 16% | 22% | 32% | 14% | 19% | 40% | 32% | 12% | 8% | 33% | 15% | 21% | 38% | 11% | 25% | 28% | 17% | 25% | 20% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 8% | 27% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 32% | 46% | 32% | 12% | 20% | 20% | 13% | 31% | 23% | 19% | |
| Not Very Important | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 2% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Develop Alt Energy Sources | Very Important | 70% | 62% | 69% | 78% | 66% | 67% | 73% | 91% | 69% | 67% | 81% | 65% | 74% | 64% | 62% | 75% | 66% | 73% | 67% | 80% | 60% | 65% | 69% | 74% | 66% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 78% | 70% | 79% | 54% | 63% | 61% | 76% | 70% | 70% | 65% | 62% | 87% | 71% | 70% | 71% | 68% |
| Somewhat Important | 22% | 26% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 27% | 3% | 22% | 23% | 15% | 24% | 18% | 31% | 26% | 17% | 28% | 19% | 24% | 13% | 16% | 34% | 24% | 20% | 24% | 18% | 23% | 21% | 6% | 20% | 17% | 34% | 34% | 30% | 13% | 25% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 24% | 19% | |
| Not Very Important | 6% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 9% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 3% | 12% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 5% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Most Important | Iraq | 36% | 38% | 32% | 38% | 48% | 26% | 36% | 21% | 65% | 8% | 21% | 39% | 35% | 27% | 44% | 32% | 28% | 40% | 32% | 35% | 27% | 32% | 42% | 32% | 38% | 32% | 31% | 38% | 28% | 42% | 33% | 37% | 45% | 31% | 37% | 50% | 38% | 32% | 39% | 25% | 34% | 26% | 39% | 38% |
| Economy | 28% | 30% | 27% | 29% | 22% | 37% | 24% | 29% | 12% | 45% | 13% | 33% | 26% | 26% | 31% | 27% | 26% | 31% | 26% | 21% | 29% | 36% | 29% | 25% | 32% | 23% | 37% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 23% | 27% | 32% | 47% | 15% | 32% | 23% | 31% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 32% | 33% | 23% | |
| Health Care | 21% | 16% | 33% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 26% | 41% | 11% | 32% | 12% | 12% | 25% | 34% | 9% | 28% | 25% | 15% | 26% | 18% | 29% | 23% | 17% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 16% | 23% | 31% | 22% | 30% | 18% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 9% | 12% | 27% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 23% | 18% | 24% | |
| Energy | 10% | 12% | 7% | 13% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 4% | 9% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 5% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 14% | 10% | 18% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 27% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 11% | |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 3% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 50% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 14% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 14% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 18% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 19% | 20% | 4% | 2% | 5% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Most Important | Iraq | 47% | 52% | 44% | 46% | 53% | 38% | 52% | 35% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 44% | 43% | 58% | 42% | 40% | 48% | 46% | 39% | 43% | 47% | 52% | 45% | 49% | 43% | 47% | 47% | 34% | 52% | 42% | 59% | 47% | 52% | 38% | 49% | 62% | 44% | 49% | 34% | 40% | 53% | 49% | 43% |
| Economy | 47% | 45% | 53% | 41% | 37% | 56% | 45% | 57% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 45% | 47% | 52% | 39% | 51% | 52% | 48% | 46% | 47% | 53% | 50% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 54% | 40% | 54% | 38% | 48% | 48% | 42% | 50% | 35% | 52% | 45% | 49% | 43% | 43% | 47% | 50% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 9% | 14% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 13% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 17% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 7% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Most Important | Trust on Iraq | Trust on Economy | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religiious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Iraq | Economy | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | President Bush | Democrats in Congress | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| USA in a year | Better | 17% | 35% | 6% | 12% | 32% | 13% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 15% | 14% | 42% | 2% | 5% | 43% | 2% | 9% | 21% | 13% | 7% | 16% | 23% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 12% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 20% | 10% | 25% | 21% | 17% | 17% | 6% | 12% | 17% | 25% | 7% |
| Worse | 41% | 19% | 55% | 46% | 25% | 39% | 63% | 0% | 43% | 39% | 48% | 7% | 66% | 43% | 8% | 64% | 33% | 38% | 45% | 48% | 63% | 22% | 42% | 29% | 40% | 44% | 48% | 39% | 55% | 40% | 34% | 32% | 37% | 49% | 33% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 44% | 47% | 55% | 40% | 25% | 58% | |
| About the Same | 42% | 45% | 40% | 42% | 43% | 48% | 31% | 88% | 38% | 46% | 38% | 51% | 33% | 52% | 49% | 34% | 58% | 42% | 42% | 45% | 22% | 55% | 41% | 52% | 40% | 44% | 34% | 45% | 34% | 42% | 49% | 46% | 49% | 31% | 57% | 36% | 43% | 44% | 39% | 47% | 32% | 43% | 50% | 34% | |