Polling Update: Governor 2009: NJ

New Jersey Governor 2009

A Daily Kos poll; conducted 5/25-27 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.0% (release, 5/28). Party ID Breakdown: 27%D, 14%R, 59%I. Tested: Gov. Jon Corzine (D), ex-U.S. atty Christopher Christie (R) and '05 candidate/ex-Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan (R).

General Election Matchups
-          All Men Wom  Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk His
C. Christie 46% 50% 42% 16% 85% 51% 56%  5% 31%
J. Corzine  39  37  41  73   6  31  32  66  55
Undec       15  13  17  11   9  18  12  29  14

-          All Men Wom  Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk His
S. Lonegan  43% 47% 39% 13% 82% 48% 53%  4% 27%
J. Corzine  40  37  43  76   6  32  33  67  55
Undec       17  16  18  11  12  20  14  29  18

Fav/Unfav
-             All     Men     Wom     Dem     GOP     Ind
C. Christie 38%/15% 41%/13% 35%/17% 20%/29% 69%/ 6% 39%/11%
J. Corzine  36 /55  33 /59  39 /51  66 /23   9 /84  29 /63
S. Lonegan  22 /13  25 /11  19 /15   4 /26  52 / 5  23 / 9

A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/27; surveyed 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 5/28). Tested: Christie and Lonegan.

Primary Election Matchup
-               Now  5/12
C. Christie     46%   39%
S. Lonegan      35    29
Other            4     3
Undec           15    29

Fav/Unfav
-                 Now    5/12
C. Christie     70%/22% 75%/12%
S. Lonegan      62 /28  71 /16
J. Corzine      15 /83    na

Corzine As Gov.
Approve        15%
Disapprove     84