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.
September Tue, 2002
2002 ELECTION POTPOURRI:ISSUES, CANDIDATE QUALITIES, ENGAGEMENT and THE CONGRESS
While Democrat Bob Torricelli better understands the problems facing the state,Republican Doug Forrester is more honest. So say New Jersey voters. And with these astheir top two concerns, it is little wonder the race for the Senate is so close in mid-September.
September Sun, 2002
THE SOPRANOS A “HIT” IN JERSEY
Like diners, toll roads, and Jimmy Hoffa’s final resting place, television’s “TheSopranos” has become a fundamental part of the New Jersey landscape, with many stateresidents eagerly awaiting the show’s fourth season. According to the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll, just over half of all New Jersey adults have tuned into the HBOseries at least once since it premiered in 1999. This includes one-in-five residents who say theynever miss an episode of the hit show that follows the trials and tribulations of a New Jerseymafia family.
September Thu, 2002
THE SENATE RACE 2002:A REFERENDUM ON TORRICELLI
There’s good and bad news for incumbent U.S. Senator Robert Torricelli in thelatest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll. The good news is that his Republican opponentDouglas Forrester remains largely unknown to New Jersey voters. The bad news is thateven as Torricelli is running mainly against himself, he’s not ahead.