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.
July Sun, 1988
NEW JERSEY DRIVERS: DRINKING DOWN; AGGRESSIVENESS UP PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR RAISING THE SPEED LIMIT
There’s mixed news for New Jersey motorists this holiday weekend. While there has been a decrease in the number of drivers who report mixing gasoline with alcohol while on the road, the latest Scar-Ledger/Eagleton Poll also finds more people now characterizing Garden State motorists as rude or aggressive than six years ago.
June Sun, 1988
NEW JERSEVANS SEE SHORE GOING DOWNHILL; MAJORITY THINKS REGIONAL COASTAL AUTHORITY A GOOD IDEA
A large and growing majority of 7-in-10 New Jerseyans think the Jersey Shore, long one of the state’s most prized features and attractions, has been going downhill in recent years. This finding, from the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton Poll, reveals a dramatic change from 1984 when only 4-in-10 residents felt the Shore was in decline.