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Poll Finds New Jersey Doesn't Care How Nation Views Us
Millennium Radio ^ | 7/13/2007 | Kevin McArdle

Posted on 06/13/2007 6:45:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible

FDU Public Mind Poll Finds New Jersey Doesn't Care How Nation Views Us

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - Millennium Radio New Jersey

[Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Madison, NJ] -- 54% of New Jersey voters think the Garden State is a better place to live than other states. 20% say it's worse, and 17% say it's just the same. Jersey voters agree on something else: pollution. A sizable majority--62%--say our state is more polluted than others. Perhaps worse, 42% of people around the country agree, and just 17% around the country say New Jersey has the same amount of pollution or less than other states.

As you might expect from the so-called, "attitude capital of the world," New Jerseyans are unconcerned with their image. 57% say they are "not concerned at all" with what people in other states think about New Jersey, while another 15% say they just are "a little concerned.

And what do they think? When asked "what comes to mind when you think of New Jersey?" voters across the country mention, in descending order, "next to New York" and "the shore" as well as casinos and even farming, vegetables and cows far more often than pollution.

So what else is good about New Jersey? 57% say the Garden State has better public schools than other states. As for whether the state has more or fewer dishonest politicians, Jersey voters split: 42% say the state has more than its fair share but 41% think the state has the same as, or fewer than other states. Jersey cynicism--or inside knowledge--is not widely shared: outside the state just 16% say New Jersey has more dishonest politicians than other states.

Asked about street crime, 36% of Jersey voters say there's more of it in their state, but 49% say the state has the same or less than other states. Jerseyans also split on whether there is more organized crime in their state: 40% of New Jerseyans say there is, and 30% nationally agree. But 48% nationally say they don't know, and 38% in New Jersey say there's the same or less of it in their state.

One other thing Jersey voters agree on is taxes: 85% conclude they pay more in state and local taxes than most other states. The rest of the nation doesn't agree however: just 27% nationally say New Jersey pays more in taxes. The Garden State has the highest property taxes in the country, twice the national average and last year, the Legislature approved Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to increase the state sales tax from 6% to 7%.

Two PublicMind polls of 776 registered voters nationwide and 602 registered voters in New Jersey were conducted from May 29 through June 3 and have a margins of error of +/- 3.5 and +/-4 percentage points

By: Kevin McArdle

Not for commercial use.  For educational and discussion purposes only.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: fuhgeddaboudit; joisey
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To: Calpernia

You probably have a negative impression of Texas too, even though you may never have been here.


41 posted on 06/13/2007 8:20:34 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

I don’t have a negative impression of Texas.


42 posted on 06/13/2007 8:21:47 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: rightwingextremist1776
My important knowledge of New Jersey was learned from this picture:

i.e. Stay out of the pine barrens.
43 posted on 06/13/2007 8:23:24 AM PDT by oyez
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To: Ditter

Never ask a man where he’s from! If he’s from Texas, you won’t have to ask, he’ll tell you! And if he isn’t from Texas, you shouldn’t embarrass him by calling attention to it!


44 posted on 06/13/2007 8:25:59 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: chimera

Bluefish, small? If you think bluefish are small, what do you consider a large fish?


45 posted on 06/13/2007 8:28:46 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

And I don’t have a negative impression of you. ;9)


46 posted on 06/13/2007 8:34:28 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: JerriBlank
Nice try, kid!

Except you forgot to say anything about our covered wagons and all those pesky Indian attacks we have to put up with! AND...we not only have corn, but soy beans too!

47 posted on 06/13/2007 8:35:57 AM PDT by MountainDad
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To: Ditter

Does this mean I didn’t scare you? Cause, I was trying to :)


48 posted on 06/13/2007 8:35:57 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
"...what do you consider a large fish?"

An Albagore?

49 posted on 06/13/2007 8:36:12 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

I’ve caught tuna about the size of a blue.

Tuna get larger; but they can average the same size.


50 posted on 06/13/2007 8:40:08 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
Nah, you are a freeper, I’m not scared of freepers. I just felt outnumbered that day at the airport.
51 posted on 06/13/2007 8:46:17 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

Next time you fly in, I’ll be your bodyguard. I grew up outside of Newark. And, unarmed :)


52 posted on 06/13/2007 8:47:13 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Incorrigible

LOL!


53 posted on 06/13/2007 8:47:15 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Calpernia

Thanks! ;9)


54 posted on 06/13/2007 8:48:33 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Malsua

We visited Ocean city in 2003 and hated it. It was Yonkers with a Boardwalk and Ocean. Rowdy drunk kids on Boardwalk. I would never go back. I think some parts of NJ are very nice.


55 posted on 06/13/2007 8:51:05 AM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
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To: Ditter

If they were ever to give the USA an enema, Newark is where they would insert the tube...


56 posted on 06/13/2007 8:51:07 AM PDT by Wil H (So just who decided that the current global climate was optimum?)
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To: MountainDad

“Except you forgot to say anything about our covered wagons and all those pesky Indian attacks we have to put up with! AND...we not only have corn, but soy beans too!”

Oh you’re right.. I DID drop the ball about the Indian attacks! That was probably due to my haste to call Gov. Corzine and ask him about getting some rodeos arranged. You know, so there’s something to do in NJ! Plus my mind was so blown from your NJ = DUMPSITE quip. I’ve never heard anything like it!

So anyway, thanks for getting my point, calling attention to it, and yet simultaneously missing it completely!!

PS - I love soy!!

PPS - I love corn!

PPPS - The key to enjoying NJ is getting 1. off the highway, and 2. a clue!


57 posted on 06/13/2007 8:52:02 AM PDT by JerriBlank
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To: Wil H

>>>If they were ever to give the USA an enema, Newark is where they would insert the tube...

Ya think? Let me introduce you to Camden, NJ.

Then, I’ll let you rethink that one.


58 posted on 06/13/2007 8:52:35 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Incorrigible
57% say they are "not concerned at all" with what people in other states think about New Jersey

Good. This number should actually be higher.

But. . .I do wonder how New Jerseyites feel about how other countries view the U.S. Liberals really get their panties in a wad about that, and I'm under the impression that NJ is somewhat liberal.

59 posted on 06/13/2007 8:55:16 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: angcat

I can assure you that wasn’t Ocean City. Ocean City is dry and very family oriented. (And boring from my perspective)

You probably were in Sleazide (sorry, Seaside) Heights. One of my favs!


60 posted on 06/13/2007 8:55:36 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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