Call it Jersey pride. Seven in 10 New Jerseyans (70%) say they take at least "some" pride in calling the Garden State home, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Thirty-five percent take “a lot” of pride in living in New Jersey, 35% “some,” 17% “a little” and 11% say they take no pride in living in the state.
Read MoreNew Jerseyans view the national economy about as dimly as the rest of the nation, yet they feel notably better about their own financial and job situations, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton and SSRS Garden State Panel survey. Questions in this release were fielded by SSRS, a nationally recognized polling and policy research firm based in Glen Mills, Pa., and a partner of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Read MoreNew Jersey voters consider the spread of false or misleading information a big problem in the state, with a third saying local news in their area has decreased over the past five years, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. In the poll, commissioned by the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium and conducted by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, 6 out of 10 say the spread of false or misleading information among New Jerseyans is a “very big problem” (60%). Twenty-two percent say it’s a “moderately big problem,” 11% say it’s a “small problem” and 4% say it is “not a problem.”
Read MoreAs the FIFA World Cup prepares to take over North America, New Jersey voters say the matches taking place on home turf may provide at least a little economic stimulus to New Jersey and New York but have trepidation over the travel and local service headaches the games may cause, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Read MoreOverwhelming majorities of New Jersey voters say it is important for elected government officials to make health care more affordable – and, in particular, expand access to mental health care for all and making such services available in K-12 schools, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. The poll is the latest in the New Jersey Health Matters series commissioned by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute and conducted by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling.
Read MoreAs New Jersey enters the home stretch of budget season, majorities of voters back a multiyear approach to closing the state's structural deficit, consistent with the path laid out in Gov. Mikie Sherrill's budget proposal, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
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