April Sun, 2000
ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES IN NEW JERSEY: TREADING (DIRTY) WATER
Attitudes about environmental conditions in New Jersey have changed little over the last 15 years. And that’s not necessarily good news. The majority of state residents remain seriously concerned about the disposal of solid and toxic wastes, and about air and water quality.
March Sun, 2000
WHITMAN AND THE DMV: GOVERNOR GETS BLAME; JOB RATING DIPS A BIT
The roll out of the state’s new, tougher car inspection system has had a fender-bender with Governor Whitman’s job performance rating. Whitman receives a fair amount of the blame for the inspection difficulties and gets low marks for her handling of the DMV situation. Yet Whitman remains generally popular in New Jersey and her overall job performance rating runs well ahead of evaluations of how she has handled the DMV matter.
March Wed, 2000
THE 2000 SENATE RACE: STILL NOTHING HAPPENING
Last September five of the six major party candidates running for the U.S. Senate held by retiring Frank Lautenberg were virtually unknown. Former Gov. Jim Florio, the only widely known candidate but a contentious figure, ran just slightly ahead of the Republicans he was matched up against. Florio’s opponent Jon Corzine was a blip on the radar screen—known to only about 1 in 7 Democrats. And just one-quarter of the Republicans interviewed expressed an opinion about any of their candidates.
March Sun, 2000
GENERAL ELECTION PREVIEW: GORE AND BUSH IN CLOSE RACE; MANY SAY “NEITHER”
If first impressions matter, New Jersey will be a key state in the 2000 general election, but not necessarily a happy one. A new Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll finds the presumptive nominees—Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush—locked in a tight race with fully a quarter of those registered saying they are undecided or want to vote for neither man.