Your latest New Jersey poll

by: Hopeful

Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 05:35:00 PM EDT

After becoming less positive following introduction of the budget, New Jersey voters remain split on their impression of Gov. Chris Christie, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. While 44 percent of registered voters give the governor a favorable rating, 42 percent view him unfavorably and 14 percent have no opinion. In February, 46 percent viewed the governor favorably and 44 percent unfavorably.

Professor Redlawsk believes Christie went down after his budget address and never recovered the lost popularity. Christie himself seems to think he was taken into the hearts of the people, but maybe he was just lying.

President Obama is at 55-32. Senator Menendez is at 32-24. Senator Lautenberg is at 38-28. These numbers are characteristic of New Jersey. More people support the Libya action than oppose it.

There is also a discussion, which you may or may not find interesting, how different descriptions of job performance can be perceived differently. (Is "fair" bad? Is a "C" bad?)

Hopefully Rutgers has saved some money to be able to poll New Jersey if the Republicans shut down the federal government for a week or more.