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Woolley & Cassino: Are Pollsters the Worst Part of the Campaign Season?

November 10, 2021 9:51 am

OPINION Pollsters may be your least favorite part of the campaign season, but Patrick Murray of the Monmouth University Poll was wrong to apologize for misleading the public and the campaigns with his recent poll of the governor’s race in New...

Murray apologizes for inaccurate Monmouth polling

November 4, 2021 4:55 pm

In an op-ed for NJ.com, Director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute Patrick Murray admitted that he “blew it,” inaccurately projecting Gov. Phil Murphy would win re-election by a large margin when the result was in reality far closer. “I...

Murphy: Biden is ‘always welcome’ in Jersey

October 27, 2021 3:10 pmOctober 27, 2021 5:36 pm

Asked at today’s Covid briefing whether President Joe Biden’s struggling approval ratings have any impact on his choices or policies, Gov. Phil Murphy today reaffirmed his commitment to Biden’s agenda and said the president is a welcome presence in New...

Biden approval underwater in New Jersey, 43-49%

October 27, 2021 11:00 amOctober 27, 2021 3:27 pm

43% of New Jerseyans approve of President Joe Biden and 49% disapprove, according to a new Monmouth University poll released this morning. The president won the state by 16 points in his 2020 campaign against former President Donald Trump. The...

Murphy leads Ciattarelli by 11 points in new Monmouth poll

October 27, 2021 11:00 amOctober 27, 2021 11:06 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has an 11-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in next week’s race for Governor of New Jersey, 50%-39%, even with Covid dropping to fourth on the list of issues New Jersey registered voters care most about and...

Here’s how the Monmouth poll has fared in the last 4 governor’s races

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 12:40 pm

As New Jerseyans await Patrick Murray’s gold standard Monmouth University poll of the 2021 gubernatorial campaign between Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli , here’s a look at the track record of the poll in the last...

New Monmouth poll coming on Wednesday

October 26, 2021 1:12 pmOctober 26, 2021 2:15 pm

The Monmouth University Polling Institute will release a new poll on Wednesday morning showing a head-to-head matchup between Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and his Republican challenger, Jack Ciattarelli. A Rutgers-Eagleton poll on the New Jersey Governor’s race is in the...