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
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.