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
SPRAWL: NEW JERSEYANS DISLIKE THE PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS
Most people in New Jersey dislike the effects of sprawl—traffic congestion, lackof open spaces and farmland, deteriorating air and water quality. However there is noconsensus on what to do about it. State residents are also concerned about keeping localcontrol of development, worried about limiting economic growth, and divided aboutwhether to tax themselves to limit sprawl.
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.
September Tue, 2002
2002 ELECTION POTPOURRI:ISSUES, CANDIDATE QUALITIES, ENGAGEMENT and THE CONGRESS
While Democrat Bob Torricelli better understands the problems facing the state,Republican Doug Forrester is more honest. So say New Jersey voters. And with these astheir top two concerns, it is little wonder the race for the Senate is so close in mid-September.