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Booker at 1% in new Monmouth poll

October 2, 2019 11:30 amOctober 2, 2019 11:12 am

A Monmouth University Poll released Wednesday found just 1% of voters picked U.S. Sen. Cory Booker as their first choice for the Democratic nod to take on President Donald Trump. That figure puts Booker in a tie for eighth place...

Most residents back plastic bag ban

September 30, 2019 11:56 am

A Monmouth University poll released Monday found most New Jersey residents would back a ban on plastic bags, but they aren’t decided on how that ban would look. Close to two-thirds, 65%, of respondents told pollsters they would support a...

Biden leads Booker among NJ Democrats; favorite son trails Warren, Sanders

September 19, 2019 11:00 amSeptember 19, 2019 2:24 pm

Cory Booker is running a distant fourth among Democrats in his home state of New Jersey in his bid for the presidency, according to a new Monmouth University Poll released this morning. Joe Biden has a six-point lead over Elizabeth...

Poll: Murphy approvals behind where Christie, Corzine, McGreevey were

September 17, 2019 1:22 pm

A new Monmouth University Poll show approval ratings for Gov. Phil Murphy are below where his two immediate predecessors were heading into their mid-term elections. Chris Christie was at 48%-42% in an August 2011 Monmouth poll, while another taken in...

Poll: Murphy upside-down on handling of Newark water crisis

September 17, 2019 1:00 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:59 pm

Reviews of Gov. Phil Murphy’s handling of the Newark drinking water crisis are upside-down, according to a new Monmouth University Poll released today. Nearly half of New Jersey residents (46%) say they have heard a lot about lead contamination in...

Most New Jerseyans unaware of Murphy feud with Sweeney, Coughlin, poll finds

September 17, 2019 1:00 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:58 pm

Regular New Jerseyans who live outside the statehouse bubble are not following the intense and often toxic fight between Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Democratic leaders of the New Jersey Legislature, a new Monmouth University Poll shows. More than half...

Murphy approvals at 41% in new Monmouth poll

September 17, 2019 1:00 pmSeptember 17, 2019 6:34 pm

Approval ratings for Gov. Phil Murphy continues to be stuck in the mud as he approaches his mid-term elections with a 41%-38% approval rating that largely mirrors where he was seven months ago, according to a new Monmouth University Poll...