February 2003 - Center for Public Interest Polling
INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY PERVASIVE AND TROUBLING; WEB USE PLATEAUS WITH STATUS GAP REMAINING
The Internet is a portal to discovery unbounded by geography and time. But for many New Jerseyans it is also an unwanted window to a seamy side of life. Better than 6 in 10 regular Internet users have encountered pornography while simply browsing the web; a similar number have received pornography from an unsolicited e-mail. … Read more …
PUBLIC OPINION OF GOVERNOR McGREEVEY AT YEAR 1
James E. McGreevey was inaugurated the 51st Governor of New Jersey just 126 days after the World Trade Center buildings fell, inheriting a weak economy and a gaping budget deficit. Not a hand that many would like to have to play. But this is the job McGreevey wanted, a job he had campaigned for non-stop … Read more …
AUTO INSURANCE: THE ISSUE THAT DOESN’T GO AWAY
When James McGreevey first ran for governor in 1997, auto insurance reform was one of the key issues he used to nearly unseal incumbent Christie Whitman. And while more residents today are satisfied with their auto policies than were six years ago, a sizable number have experienced rising premiums in the past year.
NEW JERSEYANS STAND BEHIND DOCTORS ON MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS
Last week, many of the state’s health care professionals temporarily shut their doors to protest the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance. New Jersey’s citizens stand behind this action, and they tend to blame excessive litigation and mismanaged insurance companies rather than incompetent care by doctors for the current problem. A majority of residents give … Read more …
NEW JERSEYANS ON PROPERTY TAXES: “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!” MOST SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ON TAX REFORM
In New Jersey, all taxes are not created equal. While relatively few residents say their state income taxes and the sales tax rate are too high, a large majority feel the amount they pay in local property taxes is unreasonable. While few New Jerseyans have heard of the proposal to hold a constitutional convention on … Read more …
NEW JERSEYANS DIVIDED ON WAR WITH IRAQ; BUSH JOB APPROVAL DOWN TO PRE-9/11 LEVELS
Secretary of State Colin Powell will be addressing the United Nations today, trying to convince the world that war with Iraq is necessary. He has to convince New Jerseyans, too. Residents of the Garden State are deeply divided on the issue. A needle-thin majority of 50 percent favor taking military action in Iraq, and just … Read more …
MAJORITY NOW SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT STATE BUDGET
Over the last year Governor James McGreevey has managed to convince New Jerseyans that the state’s budget problems are indeed serious, but that message has come with the price of a plummeting job approval rating. More in the state now disapprove than approve of the job McGreevey is doing.
