NEW JERSEY SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday July 25, 2006

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Previous New Jersey Survey

Daily Snapshot

1* If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican Tom Kean, Jr. or for Democrat Robert Menendez?

                                38% Kean

44% Menendez    

                                  5% some other candidate

                                13% not sure

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

3*In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important… the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the War in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?

28% the economy

13% immigration

                18% government corruption

14% national security

18% the War in Iraq

  4% same-sex marriage

  4% some other issue

  2% not sure

4*How confident are you that ballots are properly counted in most elections and the right person is declared the winner?

26% very confident

42% somewhat confident

24% not very confident

  7% not at all confident

  2% not sure

5*Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

74% yes

16% no

  9% not sure

6*Should election ballots be printed in English only or should they be printed in English and Spanish?

62% English only

34% English and Spanish

  4% not sure

7*In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

26% yes

42% no

32% not sure

8*Okay… in most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

22% yes

43% no

35% not sure

9*Some people say that America’s political system is badly broken. Do you agree?

54% yes

32% no

14% not sure

10*On a different topic… Should marriage be defined in terms of a union between a man and a woman? Or should marriage be defined as a union between any two people including same sex couples?

54% marriage is between man and woman

42% between any two people

  4% not sure

11*Do you believe the Bible literally true?

30% yes

53% no

16% not sure

12*Moving to another cultural issue… on the topic of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

66% pro-choice

28% pro-life

  7% not sure

13* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

                                21% strongly approve

                                19% somewhat approve

                                14% somewhat disapprove

                                45% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

14* How would you rate the job Jon Corzine has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

20% strongly approve

28% somewhat approve

23% somewhat disapprove

25% strongly disapprove

                                  3% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.