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Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women.
Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think.
According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job Christie is doing, compared to 33 percent who disapprove.
“What’s interesting is the fact that these men are from different parties, during a time of sharp partisan division, and yet they garner about the same support,” said FDU political scientist and poll analyst Krista Jenkins. “Obama’s popularity in the Garden State doesn’t detract from Christie’s, and vice versa. Both clearly bring something to the table that works for New Jerseyans.”
When it comes to the all-important horse-race, Obama bests the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, by fourteen points (50-36 percent). And behind those numbers, the gender gap is a sizable obstacle for Romney to overcome. Although men are about equally divided in their support for the candidates (45% Obama; 42% Romney), the majority of women say they’d vote for Obama if the election were held today (54%-31%). Women are also significantly more likely to approve of Obama’s job performance (55%) than men (45%).
“What we’re seeing in New Jersey confirms what’s going on nationally,” said Jenkins. “Judging by the size of Romney’s deficit with women voters, gender is going to play a sizable role in the outcome of this election.”
However, the gender gap doesn’t hold up when the question turns to perceptions of the direction in which the country is headed. The majority of respondents (56%) believe the country is on the wrong track, and men (57%) and women (55%) are about equally pessimistic.
“When we step back and look at what these numbers are telling us, it’s that New Jersey women are just as unhappy with where this country is headed, but draw a completely different conclusion than men about the choice of candidates and the solutions they’re offering,” said Jenkins.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll of 797 registered voters statewide was conducted by telephone using both landlines and cell phones from April 30 through May 6, 2012, and has a margin of error of +/-3.5 percentage points.
You can bemoan the partisan bickering and electoral gridlock in Washington, but that's just how things have always been, regardless of the occupant of the White House. I think you also falsely attribute FDR to "getting the nation back on track" when his big spending ways actually dug a much deeper hole for the country. Seems to me that you have a bias toward liberal Democrats as you try to either spin or use revisionist history. The one terrible thing that has been done by the Obama administration that simply cannot be overlooked: tacking on over $4 trillion in new debt. All that money spent, and I can't think of one significant way that our lives have improved. Aside from party affiliation, the current boss is not much different from the previous boss. Both are big spending warmongering crony capitalists. We need a change, and it's not one that either Romney or four more years of Obama can provide.
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Bob Smith 11:05 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012 When you are broke you just cant go and spend more money because you have some needs that you cant afford. If they are so urgent then you cut your expenses somewhere else to pay for if like letting go of 20% of the towns work force and then cross training the rest of the employees to be able to fill in where needed. That is what a sinking ship does to stay afloat.. NOT raise taxes because they are so incompetent that they dont even have one idea and how to balance their budget. The town totally lacks any leadership and as I said before they are unqualified to run this town. You get what you pay for and we are getting nothing with the knuckle heads who are running this town into the ground. It is so easy to go with the status quo its hard to be a true leader and we desparately are lacking any leadsership in this town government I blame the voters for allowing this to happen. They keep voting these knuckleheads into office. Do no vote for any incumbent. They have screwed this town enough.
"Bob Smith(Occupy Movement).
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