January Mon, 2018
‘HEALTH MATTERS’ POLL SERIES: MAJORITY OF NEW JERSEYANS SATISFIED WITH THEIR CURRENT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE OVERALL, BUT ONE-THIRD ‘SOMEWHAT’ OR ‘VERY’ DISSATISFIED WITH MONTHLY PREMIUM COSTS
Despite a shortened Marketplace enrollment period and general concerns surrounding today’s healthcare system, the majority of insured New Jerseyans are positive about their healthcare coverage experience, feeling content with the information they have received to choose a plan and with the major features within the current plan that they chose.
January Tue, 2018
FINAL GRADES: CHRIS CHRISTIE EXITS AS MOST UNPOPULAR NJ GOVERNOR ON RECORD
It’s hard to imagine exactly who New Jersey’s pugnacious governor thinks is going to miss him when he leaves office next week, but it surely won’t be the residents of the Garden State, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. When asked late last November about the end of Christie’s tenure, just 5 percent of residents said they are going to miss Christie when he’s gone – only about 350,000 out of the approximately 7 million adults who live in the Garden State. On the other hand, ten times this number said they will be glad to see him go and “don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
December Tue, 2017
NEW JERSEY GREETS GOVERNOR-ELECT MURPHY WITH CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM; POSITIVITY ABOUT STATE’S FUTURE GROWTH
New Jerseyans see a glimmer of hope for the Garden State following Phil Murphy’s gubernatorial victory in November, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. After an increasingly pessimistic outlook about the state for the past two years, residents have slightly reversed course: while 60 percent believe New Jersey is still going off on the wrong track, 30 percent now say the state is headed in the right direction – a double-digit increase since August.
December Mon, 2017
AARP STUDY: NEW JERSEYANS UNWILLING TO PAY SUBSIDIES FOR PSEG NUCLEAR PLANTS
New Jerseyans are not too keen on paying an additional fee proposed by PSEG to keep its two nuclear power plants in Salem and Hope Creek operational. Fifty-one percent say they are not willing at all and another 24 percent say they are not too willing to pay such a fee; 16 percent say they are somewhat willing, and just 3 percent say very willing.