Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
| New Jersey Survey of 500 Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted October 11, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | 67% | 57% | 78% | 62% | 55% | 74% | 70% | 100% | 66% | 72% | 62% | 54% | 65% | 68% | 74% | 69% | 64% | 62% | 71% | 66% | 69% | 66% | 67% | 78% | 64% | 68% | 77% | 64% | 70% | 41% | 76% | 57% | 70% | 70% | 63% | 64% | 70% | 70% | 63% |
| Somewhat Important | 29% | 38% | 20% | 32% | 40% | 25% | 23% | 0% | 32% | 26% | 31% | 28% | 32% | 27% | 19% | 26% | 36% | 34% | 25% | 32% | 23% | 31% | 28% | 13% | 32% | 28% | 22% | 33% | 29% | 52% | 23% | 42% | 26% | 27% | 28% | 34% | 28% | 27% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| Not at All Important | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 2% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 17% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 6% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| National Security Issues | Very Important | 82% | 86% | 77% | 83% | 86% | 80% | 79% | 100% | 87% | 78% | 74% | 83% | 83% | 80% | 86% | 82% | 75% | 83% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 83% | 83% | 84% | 83% | 90% | 76% | 80% | 62% | 72% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 80% | 91% | 79% | 81% | 80% |
| Somewhat Important | 14% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 17% | 14% | 0% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 17% | 13% | 6% | 13% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 18% | 36% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 9% | 17% | 15% | 14% | |
| Not Very Important | 3% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 3% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Cultural Issues | Very Important | 37% | 42% | 36% | 35% | 43% | 28% | 43% | 100% | 36% | 42% | 24% | 36% | 27% | 45% | 48% | 33% | 40% | 34% | 42% | 36% | 40% | 41% | 35% | 51% | 40% | 52% | 34% | 38% | 26% | 29% | 39% | 36% | 39% | 40% | 32% | 54% | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| Somewhat Important | 31% | 32% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 39% | 21% | 0% | 39% | 26% | 28% | 18% | 34% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 26% | 29% | 32% | 22% | 30% | 26% | 24% | 35% | 36% | 38% | 31% | 27% | 34% | 29% | 30% | 33% | 40% | 28% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 20% | 17% | 23% | 18% | 18% | 24% | 17% | 0% | 19% | 17% | 36% | 21% | 25% | 16% | 12% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 14% | 28% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 13% | 20% | 28% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 20% | |
| Not at All Important | 11% | 8% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 16% | 0% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 22% | 12% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 4% | 2% | 10% | 13% | 12% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Domestic Issues | Very Important | 66% | 55% | 77% | 62% | 55% | 66% | 76% | 100% | 53% | 77% | 72% | 66% | 61% | 69% | 73% | 61% | 67% | 62% | 74% | 60% | 80% | 63% | 68% | 68% | 73% | 76% | 49% | 64% | 66% | 42% | 91% | 61% | 59% | 65% | 65% | 73% | 67% | 57% | 73% |
| Somewhat Important | 28% | 36% | 17% | 34% | 35% | 26% | 24% | 0% | 38% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 31% | 26% | 24% | 31% | 23% | 33% | 22% | 32% | 18% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 19% | 19% | 45% | 28% | 30% | 48% | 9% | 28% | 32% | 30% | 34% | 22% | 29% | 33% | 24% | |
| Not Very Important | 4% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 0% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 8% | 1% | |
| Not at All Important | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Immigration | Very Important | 44% | 58% | 32% | 45% | 54% | 47% | 28% | 37% | 64% | 27% | 46% | 33% | 45% | 43% | 22% | 33% | 59% | 47% | 59% | 46% | 39% | 39% | 48% | 53% | 53% | 43% | 47% | 38% | 34% | 39% | 32% | 39% | 44% | 54% | 50% | 36% | 50% | 52% | 34% |
| Somewhat Important | 32% | 24% | 33% | 37% | 28% | 31% | 36% | 0% | 22% | 38% | 52% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 36% | 34% | 24% | 33% | 30% | 29% | 37% | 32% | 32% | 35% | 36% | 24% | 19% | 40% | 36% | 26% | 37% | 31% | 28% | 28% | 38% | 41% | 34% | 27% | 33% | |
| Not Very Important | 18% | 15% | 22% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 20% | 0% | 12% | 21% | 1% | 37% | 18% | 18% | 32% | 24% | 12% | 15% | 8% | 18% | 16% | 22% | 15% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 17% | 19% | 22% | 18% | 24% | 19% | 21% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 28% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 0% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 17% | 7% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 63% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 15% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Government Corruption | Very Important | 78% | 85% | 73% | 79% | 81% | 84% | 68% | 0% | 86% | 75% | 71% | 68% | 83% | 75% | 82% | 70% | 88% | 75% | 84% | 80% | 74% | 77% | 79% | 90% | 78% | 81% | 77% | 82% | 75% | 84% | 77% | 78% | 77% | 81% | 78% | 82% | 76% | 77% | 79% |
| Somewhat Important | 13% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 18% | 0% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 10% | 1% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 21% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 20% | 9% | 13% | |
| Not Very Important | 4% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 13% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 10% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 2% | |
| Not at All Important | 3% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 14% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Raise Taxes | Yes | 43% | 31% | 51% | 44% | 32% | 43% | 54% | 0% | 31% | 58% | 34% | 33% | 45% | 40% | 57% | 43% | 42% | 42% | 31% | 44% | 40% | 44% | 41% | 50% | 33% | 41% | 22% | 54% | 57% | 43% | 50% | 49% | 41% | 34% | 39% | 40% | 29% | 37% | 55% |
| No | 41% | 58% | 35% | 31% | 51% | 37% | 34% | 100% | 55% | 31% | 45% | 24% | 40% | 41% | 35% | 37% | 45% | 43% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 56% | 41% | 63% | 33% | 25% | 34% | 36% | 39% | 44% | 46% | 33% | 45% | 46% | 51% | 24% | |
| Not Sure | 17% | 12% | 14% | 25% | 17% | 20% | 13% | 0% | 15% | 11% | 21% | 43% | 15% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 13% | 15% | 27% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 20% | 11% | 11% | 19% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 23% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 20% | 27% | 15% | 26% | 11% | 20% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Change Social Security | Yes | 46% | 63% | 39% | 40% | 58% | 42% | 40% | 0% | 65% | 38% | 20% | 31% | 45% | 47% | 40% | 56% | 57% | 40% | 27% | 53% | 30% | 61% | 35% | 33% | 37% | 42% | 57% | 44% | 53% | 72% | 43% | 51% | 53% | 33% | 42% | 43% | 42% | 52% | 43% |
| No | 30% | 22% | 35% | 30% | 19% | 29% | 41% | 63% | 19% | 41% | 24% | 28% | 32% | 28% | 48% | 10% | 23% | 39% | 48% | 24% | 42% | 18% | 39% | 57% | 33% | 32% | 17% | 31% | 29% | 10% | 33% | 26% | 23% | 50% | 24% | 40% | 27% | 29% | 28% | |
| Not Sure | 24% | 15% | 26% | 30% | 23% | 29% | 19% | 37% | 16% | 21% | 56% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 12% | 34% | 20% | 21% | 25% | 22% | 28% | 21% | 27% | 9% | 30% | 27% | 26% | 24% | 18% | 18% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 18% | 34% | 17% | 30% | 19% | 30% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Bring Troops Home from Iraq Within Year | Yes | 51% | 25% | 73% | 47% | 34% | 49% | 70% | 100% | 21% | 78% | 43% | 56% | 41% | 58% | 46% | 55% | 44% | 53% | 51% | 44% | 66% | 44% | 55% | 65% | 43% | 64% | 54% | 43% | 47% | 39% | 68% | 44% | 51% | 44% | 51% | 56% | 47% | 43% | 59% |
| No | 32% | 58% | 12% | 31% | 53% | 30% | 12% | 0% | 64% | 7% | 26% | 15% | 44% | 22% | 36% | 28% | 36% | 31% | 29% | 35% | 23% | 34% | 30% | 28% | 35% | 26% | 37% | 38% | 30% | 30% | 23% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 25% | 31% | 36% | 42% | 18% | |
| Not Sure | 18% | 17% | 15% | 22% | 13% | 21% | 18% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 31% | 28% | 15% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 21% | 11% | 22% | 15% | 8% | 22% | 10% | 9% | 19% | 23% | 32% | 9% | 23% | 15% | 17% | 24% | 12% | 17% | 15% | 23% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Senate | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Kean (R) | Menendez (D) | Other | 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 | ||
| Control of Senate | Republican | 35% | 81% | 8% | 25% | 69% | 29% | 8% | 0% | 80% | 2% | 17% | 16% | 39% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 43% | 35% | 36% | 42% | 20% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 37% | 36% | 32% | 39% | 35% | 42% | 29% | 36% | 34% | 41% | 36% | 41% | 43% | 42% | 22% |
| Democrat | 51% | 9% | 87% | 48% | 20% | 53% | 83% | 100% | 7% | 94% | 44% | 52% | 44% | 57% | 56% | 56% | 38% | 54% | 51% | 45% | 67% | 48% | 54% | 62% | 50% | 55% | 43% | 48% | 58% | 45% | 61% | 56% | 50% | 48% | 46% | 40% | 40% | 45% | 68% | |
| Not Sure | 13% | 10% | 6% | 27% | 11% | 18% | 9% | 0% | 13% | 4% | 39% | 32% | 17% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 18% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 25% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 12% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 13% | 11% | |