February Mon, 2018

STATE OF THE GARDEN STATE: NEW JERSEYANS UPSET WITH NJ ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TAXES; STILL POSITIVE ABOUT NJ BUT LESS SO THAN IN THE PAST THREE IN TEN SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUT OF STATE

New Jerseyans are in a malaise these days when it comes to the Garden State: they are angry about the state’s economic climate, and even though they still rate the state positively as a place to live, they are mostly pessimistic about the direction the state is headed. While the vast majority love the neighborhood they are living in, a sizeable number of residents – more than in the past – say they would like to move somewhere else. These are some of the main findings from a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll late last year, as detailed in the newly released “2018 State of the Garden State” report.

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December Thu, 2014

NEW JERSEY VOTERS DISLIKE CHRISTIE’S HANDLING OF ECONOMY, TAXES; GOVERNOR’S FAVORABILITY REMAINS NEGATIVE, RUTGERS POLL FINDS

With speculation heating up about a Chris Christie presidential bid in 2016, the governor’s ratings with New Jersey voters are lukewarm at best, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Showing little change from October, 44 percent of registered voters feel favorable toward Christie, while 46 percent feel unfavorable. Christie’s overall job approval is a little better: 48 percent approve and 47 percent disapprove.

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November Sun, 1986

TAX REFORM AND THE ECONOMY: NEW JERSEYANS SUPPORT FEDERAL TAX REFORM; SEE GOOD TIMES ECONOMICALLY FOR STATE AND SELVES

A majority of New Jerseyans favor the federal tax reforms recently passed by Congress and signed into law, despite the fact that 8-in-10 residents believe they will pay the same or more in taxes under the new system and that only 2-in-10 feel it will help "people like themselves," according to the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton Poll. Also, there is no clear consensus among Garden Staters as to whether the tax reforms will help or hurt various groups in society such as the poor, middle income families, the rich, or business.

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