To insurance companies, eliminating individual mandate penalties and refusing to defend Oppose moves the president has taken to undercut Obamacare, including cutting subsidies Or significant factor in deciding how they will vote. When asked specifically about health care, 75 percent say it is an extremely important Identify restoring integrity in Washington. Six percent identify health care and immigration and 5 percent

Taxes are identified as the top issue by 13 percent with income taxes identified byĪnother 6 percent. Say keeping a GOP majority in Washington is their top issue. Trump (6 percent), making Democrats the majority party in Congress (11 percent), orĬontrol of Congress (4 percent, with the majority favoring Democrats). Senior research associate at the Hughes Center.Īsked to name their most important issue in this election, one in five named either One trend at work in the Garden State is strong opposition to Republican Presidentĭonald Trump, who is graded as doing a poor or fair job by 64 percent, said John Froonjian, Those Democrats to back their party’s candidate. A challenge for the incumbent is to convince One issue for Menendez: 14 percent of Democrats are undecided or say they will voteįor a candidate other than Hugin or Sabrin. Independents are supporting Hugin over Menendez by a 4-to-3 margin. Menendez is receiving 80 percent of Democrat support, but 9 percent from Republicans. Hugin is receiving 88 percent of Republican support and just 3 percent from Democrats. Opponents that Hugin profited off an expensive cancer drug while CEO of a pharmaceuticalĬompany is an extremely important or significant factor in their votes. Important or significant factor in their vote. Will likely try to define his challenger in negative terms,” Klein said.įifty-nine percent of voters say the corruption charges against Menendez are an extremely However, with so many voters still unfamiliar with the Republican, Menendez “Bob Hugin has been attacking Senator Menendez on ethics with a heavy advertisingĬampaign. “With a two-point lead falling within the poll’s margin of error, the Senate raceĪt this point is up for grabs,” said Michael W. The poll’s margin of error is +/- 4.25 percentage Live interviewers working from the Stockton campus called landlineĪnd cell telephones Sept. Stockton University interviewed 531 adult New Jersey residents who were screened as The Stockton Polling Institute of the William J. Only 10 percent are unfamiliar with Menendez. Hugin is viewed favorably by 34 percent and unfavorably by 21 percent, although 43 Having favorable views and 6 percent unsure. Menendez, who was reprimanded by a Senate ethics panel after corruption charges wereĭismissed following a mistrial, is viewed unfavorably by 54 percent, with 30 percent

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