Question:
Question: Next November New Jersey will also vote for a US Senator. I know it’s early but do you think you will vote for … or …? If “don’t know” ask “which way do you lean?”

ROTATE NAMES
All
Dem
Ind
Rep
Oct 7
Sept
June

Frank Lautenberg, the Democrat
48
47
40
40

Lean
4
3
6
5

Total Lautenberg
52%
81
36
9
50%
46%
45%

Dick Zimmer, the Republican
30
31
29
24

lean
2
3
6
4

Total Zimmer
32%
7
30
77
34%
35%
28%

don’t know (vol.)
11%
8
25
10
14%
20%
28%

neither/other
5%
3
9
4
2%
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Poll Demographics

About this Poll
The most recent survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind was conducted by telephone from Oct 23, 2008 through October 28, 2008 using a randomly selected statewide sample of 808 likely voters who reported their chances of voting in the upcoming presidential election are “good” or “excellent” and they are following news of the election. The sampling error for 808 randomly selected respondents is +/- 3.5 percentage points at the 95 percent level of confidence. Survey results are also subject to non-sampling error. This kind of error, which cannot be measured, arises from a number of factors including, but not limited to, non-response (eligible individuals refusing to be interviewed), question wording, the order in which questions are asked, and variations among interviewers. PublicMind interviews are conducted by professionally trained interviewers using a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) system. Random selection >is achieved by computerized random-digit dialing. This technique gives every person with a landline phone number (including those with unlisted numbers) an equal chance of being selected. Results are mathematically weighted to match known demographics.