Corzine and N.J. lawmakers fare poorly in latest poll
TRENTON - A New Jersey poll released yesterday suggests that Gov. Corzine's approval rating has fallen, and nearly three in four respondents said they believed the state was generally on the wrong track.
TRENTON - A New Jersey poll released yesterday suggests that Gov. Corzine's approval rating has fallen, and nearly three in four respondents said they believed the state was generally on the wrong track.
In the Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll, 34 percent of respondents said they approved of Corzine's performance - a return to his low ratings from the spring - and 48 percent said they disapproved. The Legislature fared worse: Only 25 percent of those polled said they approved of its performance; 52 percent said they disapproved.
In addition, 72 percent of respondents said the state was generally on the wrong track, and 21 percent said it was headed in the right direction.
The telephone poll of 803 adults was conducted Feb. 2 to Sunday and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. - AP