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Murphy won’t browbeat legislative leaders on millionaires tax

April 4, 2019 12:37 pmApril 4, 2019 12:38 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s push for a millionaires tax got a boost from a poll released Thursday that showed residents in the state overwhelmingly supported the proposal, but the governor said he wasn’t planning to use those figures to push Senate...

72% of New Jerseyans support millionaire’s tax, new poll says

April 4, 2019 12:01 amApril 5, 2019 4:36 pm

New Jerseyans overwhelmingly support raising taxes on households with annual incomes of more than $1 million, a poll conducted jointly by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics and Fairleigh Dickinson University finds. The poll shows 72% of the state backs...

Poll: Gov. Murphy approvals at 52%-43%

April 4, 2019 12:01 amApril 4, 2019 12:00 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has 52%-43% job approval rating, according to a new poll conducted jointly by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was at 43%-28% in a November 2018 Rutgers-Eagleton pol, and at 49%-31% in...

Poll: NJ struggles to tell fake news from real

November 1, 2018 8:33 am

A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll gave New Jerseyans four scandals surrounding the Trump White House – two real and two fake – and asked them to separate truth from fiction. On the made-up scandals, New Jersey went one for one....

New Jerseyans back minimum wage hike, poll says

October 12, 2018 7:31 am

More than seven out of ten (74%) of New Jersey voters say the state’s minimum wage should be increased, although not necessarily to the $15-per-hour level Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders want it to go. Less than a quarter...

Poll: Murphy approvals are good

October 12, 2018 7:24 amOctober 12, 2018 12:14 pm

New Jerseyans continue to like their new governor, giving Democrat Phil Murphy a 59%-31% approval rating in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released on Friday morning. “He’s about where Governor Christie was eight years ago, and Governor Murphy has yet to be...

Trump unpopular among New Jersey likely voters

October 3, 2018 6:00 amOctober 2, 2018 11:17 pm

President Donald Trump has an upside-down 59%-39% approval rating among likely New Jersey voters, according to a new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released on Wednesday morning. “Trump is a gift to Democratic candidates, including the incumbent senator. If they can...