October Sun, 2002
LAUTENBERG LEADS AMONG LIKELY VOTERS MORE WOMEN SUPPORT THE DEMOCRAT, WHILE MEN PREFER FORRESTER
Democratic Senate candidate Frank Lautenberg – buoyed by women voters in New Jersey – now runs ahead of Republican candidate Douglas Forrester by a margin of 47 to 42 percent among those most likely to vote. This according to the latest Star- Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll conducted Sunday through Thursday night. An earlier poll conducted between October 3 and 6 had found the candidates tied at 44 percent each.
October Tue, 2002
LAUTENBERG SUBSTITUTION REVIVES DEMOCRATS’ CHANCES EVEN WHILE ENERGIZING REPUBLICANS SENATE RACE A TOSS-UP AMONG LIKELY VOTERS
The Democrats are indeed in much better shape to win the Senate election with former Senator Frank Lautenberg having replaced current Senator Bob Torricelli on the ticket. A Star- Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll concluded Sunday night shows Lautenberg leading Republican Douglas Forrester by a margin of 6 percentage points among potential voters, 46 to 40, with the remainder undecided.
September Sun, 2002
GOVERNOR McGREEVEY FALL REPORT CARD:MEETS EXPECTATIONS BUT COULD DO BETTER
While James E. McGreevey’s job approval rating has slipped somewhat in the lastfew months, the news from the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll is not all bad forNew Jersey’s chief executive. While fewer than half of the state’s residents give theirgovernor positive marks on his job performance, most acknowledge that the state isfacing serious budgetary problems and few residents hold McGreevey responsible forincreases in local property taxes. On the whole, most residents say he is doing as well asthey expected.
June Sun, 2002
McGREEVEY’S BUDGET WOES: Residents Want Service Cuts, But Not In Social Programs
Governor James McGreevey gets positive job marks overall from Garden State residents, but views of his handling of the state’s budget problems have worsened over the past three months as the projected budget deficit has grown. Currently residents are divided over McGreevey’s efforts to deal with the budget – 35 percent approve of the job he is doing on the budget while 35 percent disapprove.