Governor - New Jersey (2009)

Governor (2009)
A Monmouth Univ./Gannett poll; conducted 10/31-11/1; surveyed 722 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.6% (release, 11/2). Party ID breakdown: 39%D, 28%R, 33%I. Tested: Gov. Jon Corzine (D), ex-U.S. Atty Chris Christie (R) and ex-EPA regional admin. Chris Daggett (I).

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/30 10/18 9/29 9/10
J. Corzine   43% 77% 10% 33% 39% 46% 42%   39%   40%  39%
C. Christie  41   8  82  43  46  36  43    39    43   47
C. Daggett    8   7   4  12   8   8   8    14     8    5
Other         2   2   1   2   2   2   1     1     1    1
Undec         7   5   3  10   5   9   5     7     8    7

Corzine As Gov.
-            All Dem GOP Ind 10/30 10/18 9/29 9/10 8/2 7/14
Approve      36% 65% 11% 28% 35%   41%   37%  37%  38% 38%
Disapprove   54  21  84  63  55    55    51   52   54  51

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     10/30   10/18
C. Christie  40%/38%  9%/62% 78%/13% 41%/36% 44%/36% 40%/41%
J. Corzine   40 /44  73 /10  13 /77  33 /52  39 /49  37 /51
C. Daggett   21 /21  16 /16  18 /29  30 /20  22 /22  28 /15

A Public Policy Polling (IVR) (D) poll; conducted 10/31-11/1; surveyed 994 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.1% (release, 11/2). Party ID Breakdown: 44%D, 36%R, 20%I. Tested: Corzine, Christie and Daggett.

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/26 10/12 9/14 7/27
C. Christie  47% 15% 82% 52% 49% 44% 42%   40%   44%  50%
J. Corzine   41  72   9  29  36  45  38    39    35   36
C. Daggett   11  11   8  16  12   9  13    13    13   n/a
Undec         2   2   1   3   2   1   6     8     7   14

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     10/26   10/12
C. Christie  43%/42% 20%/64% 72%/17% 39%/39% 45%/44% 42%/44%
J. Corzine   34 /57  60 /28   9 /86  22 /65  33 /60  37 /55
C. Daggett   24 /35  29 /30  16 /46  28 /27  31 /36  30 /24

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 10/27-11/1; surveyed 1,533 LVs; margin of error +/- 2.5% (release, 11/2). Tested: Corzine, Christie and Daggett.

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 10/26 10/12 9/28 8/30 8/9
C. Christie  42%  6% 78% 47% 47% 37% 38%   41%   43%  47%  46%
J. Corzine   40  77  10  32  36  44  43    40    39   37   40
C. Daggett   12  12   9  17  12  11  13    14    12    9    7
Undec         6   6   3   4   4   8   5     5     6    6    6

(If Daggett) Who Is Your Second Choice?
-            Now 10/26 10/12
J. Corzine   39% 27%   33%
C. Christie  29  43    40
Other         7   4     4
Won't vote   17  18    13
Undec         8   9    10

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     10/26   10/12
C. Christie  41%/40% 12%/66% 70%/13% 42%/42% 37%/42% 38%/40%
J. Corzine   39 /53  70 /19  14 /83  30 /64  41 /52  40 /53
C. Daggett   23 /17  20 /12  21 /25  29 /15  21 /16  19 / 7

A Richard Stockton College poll; conducted 10/27-29 by Zogby Int'l; surveyed 1,093 LVs; margin of error +/- 3.0% (release, 10/30). Party ID breakdown: 42%D, 32%R, 26%I. Tested: Corzine, Christie and Daggett.

General Election Matchup
-            All Dem GOP Ind
J. Corzine   40% 71% 11% 26%
C. Christie  39  10  77  39
C. Daggett   14  13   8  23
Other         1   1  --   2
Undec         6   5   4  10

A Neighborhood Research (R) poll; conducted 10/27-29; surveyed 341 LVs; margin of error +/- 5.3% (release, 10/30). Party ID breakdown: 44%D, 31%R, 25%I. Tested: Corzine, Christie and Daggett.

General Election Matchup
-            Now 10/6 9/17 8/21
C. Christie  42% 36%  37%  37%
J. Corzine   35  35   33   35
C. Daggett    8  11    8    6
Undec        15  18   22   22

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     10/6    9/17    8/21
C. Christie  34%/25% 28%/31% 28%/26% 19%/26%
J. Corzine   26 /48  28 /46  21 /48  21 /46
C. Daggett   11 /12  17 / 4   8 / 1   3 / 1