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Murphy favorables at 43%-37%, new poll finds

April 9, 2019 12:01 amApril 9, 2019 12:16 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has a 43%-37% favorable rating, according to a new poll Rutgers-Eagleton/ Fairleigh Dickinson University poll. Murphy remains unknown to 19% of New Jerseyans. He had favorables of 36%-24% in a May 2018 Rutgers-Eagleton poll. Murphy now has...

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...