Toplines - New Jersey Governor - October 5, 2009

New Jersey Survey of 750 Likely Voters

Conducted October 5, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

37 Strongly approve

20% Somewhat approve

10% Somewhat disapprove

32% Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

2* 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?

15% Strongly approve

28% Somewhat approve

14% Somewhat disapprove

41% Strongly disapprove

2% Not sure

3* 2009 New Jersey Governor’s Race

Candidates for NJ Governor
Chris Christie (R)	47%
Jon Corzine (D)	44%
Chris Daggett (I)	6%
Not sure	3%

4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Candidate	Very Favorable	Somewhat Favorable	Somewhat Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	Not sure
Christie	15%	31%	27%	23%	4%
Corzine	19%	26%	15%	37%	3%
Daggett	5%	39%	17%	10%	28%

5* Which gubernatorial candidate do you trust more on taxes....Chris Christie or Jon Corzine?

49% Christie

36% Corzine

15% Not sure

6* Okay…which candidate do you trust more to cut government spending?

48% Christie

28% Corzine

24% Not sure

7* Fine…which candidate is more likely to crack down on government corruption…Chris Christie or Jon Corzine?

49% Christie

33% Corzine

18% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence