February Wed, 2013
CONCERN FOR GUN VIOLENCE RECEDES TOWARD PRE-SANDY HOOK LEVELS, BUT MOST NEW JERSEYANS STILL SUPPORT GUN CONTROL
New Jerseyans’ concern about gun violence in America has eased somewhat since the Sandy Hook shootings in December, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. In the week following the school shooting in Connecticut, 77 percent of Garden State residents were “very concerned.” That number has dropped to 69 percent. The same percentage believes it is more important to control gun ownership than to protect gun owner rights, a slight dip from 72 percent in December.
February Fri, 2013
SANDY NOT SPOILING SHORE-GOERS’ PLANS
Nearly all regular Jersey shore visitors plan to go “down the shore” this summer as usual, despite the havoc wreaked by Superstorm Sandy, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Most – 64 percent – say they will spend about as much time as in summers past, while 13 percent say they will make longer stays. But 20 percent plan shorter visits, and in a few cases (2 percent) no visit at all. Just under two-thirds of the 22 percent who cut back say Sandy is the reason.