Rutgers-Eagleton poll Archives

Westfield gun scare could hurt Bramnick re-election

June 16, 2019 11:43 amJune 17, 2019 8:43 am

The arrest of a man found in a parking lot of a Westfield elementary school holding a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets will likely impact an already competitive race for State Assembly in the 21st district, where one of...

New Jersey still can’t stand Chris Christie

April 9, 2019 12:02 amApril 10, 2019 3:39 pm

Fifteen months after leaving office, former Gov. Chris Christie remains wildly disliked among New Jerseyans. Christie has upside-down favorables of 21%-63% in a new poll conducted jointly by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics and Fairleigh Dickinson University. “Chris Christie’s...

Poll: Trump disliked by nearly 60% of NJ

April 9, 2019 12:01 amApril 9, 2019 12:17 am

President Donald Trump has an upside-down 30%-59% favorable rating in New Jersey, a poll Rutgers-Eagleton/ Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning says. Trump continues to be hugely popular among Republicans – 86%-8% — but he’s upside-down with every other...

Booker home state favorables at 46%-32%

April 9, 2019 12:01 amApril 9, 2019 12:18 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, has favorables of 46%-32% in his home state of New Jersey, according to a poll Rutgers-Eagleton/ Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning. Booker is at 68%-15% among...

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...