GOP challenger in striking distance of Torricelli, Quinnipiac poll finds

Quinnipiac press release ^ | 20 jun 02 | Anon

[white trash redneck]

Republican challenger Douglas Forrester trails Democratic incumbent Robert Torricelli 44–36 percent among registered voters as the New Jersey Senate race opens, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Sen. Torricelli is limping along with a negative 35–37 percent approval rating, matching his low point from a July 5, 2001, poll by the independent Quinnipiac University. He also has a negative favorability rating, his first such negative this year.

Democrats back Torricelli 79–6 percent, while Republicans back Forrester 79–11 percent. New Jersey’s pivotal independent voters are split 37–36 percent for Forrester.

A bright spot for Torricelli is his 46–27 percent lead among women voters; men back Forrester by a slim 46–41 percent margin.

“Sen. Torricelli has a comfortable lead now, but the poll shows this could become a horse race down the road. The senator is vulnerable. For the first time this year, more voters have an unfavorable opinion of him than favorable and voters are evenly split on whether he has the honesty and integrity to serve as Senator,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Torricelli had a 37–34 percent approval rating in an April 24 Quinnipiac University poll, compared to his 41–26 percent approval in a March 6 poll.

Torricelli gets a negative 21–26 percent favorability rating; 23 percent of voters have a mixed opinion of their Senator and 30 percent say they don’t know enough to form an opinion.

The favorability rating for Forrester is 12–4 percent favorable, with 10 percent mixed and 73 percent who say they don’t know enough to form an opinion.

By a 63–17 percent margin, voters say Torricelli has the “experience to serve effectively as a U.S. Senator.” Forrester has the experience, voters say 29–17 percent, with 54 percent undecided.

Forrester has the “honesty and integrity to serve effectively as a U.S. Senator,” voters say 37–9 percent, with 54 percent undecided. Torricelli gets a 37–37 percent split on honesty and integrity, with 27 percent undecided.

“Despite spending all those millions of his own money and despite winning the Republican primary, 73 percent of the voters say they still don't know Doug Forrester. That's always the problem for a challenger in New Jersey, getting statewide name recognition,” Richards said.

In Quinnipiac University’s new geographical picture of New Jersey, Torricelli is ahead in Hudson and Essex counties and the curve of suburban counties from Bergen through Mercer. The regions are:
·Urban – Essex and Hudson counties;
·Suburban – Bergen, Passaic, Union, Middlesex, Mercer;
·Exurban – Somerset, Morris, Warren, Sussex, Hunterdon;
·Phillyland – Camden, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, Burlington, Cape May;
·Shore – Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic

[white trash redneck]

This is some welcome news!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I'm still trying to figure out how the guy who bribed The Torch ended up in jail while the guy who received the bribe remains a United States Senator. When the briber agreed to testify against him, the defense said something like, "How can you believe a convicted felon?" More of the Clinton Legacy, Division of Language and Spin.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Torch wins this one walking away.
I don't think there will ever be a Republican Senator from NJ in my lifetime.
Go Libertarian.

[Black Agnes]

ping!

[dyed_in_the_wool]

I'm still trying to figure out how the guy who bribed The Torch ended up in jail while the guy who received the bribe remains a United States Senator.

Rather Kafka-esque, eh?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Not even Kafka could have imagined this.

[1Old Pro]

bump for a GOP senate majority and retribution against Jeffords

[Freemeorkillme]

A big SchundleGarrester NJ BUMP

[Theodore R.]

This kind of split decision comes because of different prosecutors, different juries, and different defense attorneys. In Teapot Dome, one jury acquitted oilman Edward Doheny of OFFERING a bribe to Secretary of Interior Albert Fall. Another jury convicted Fall of ACCEPTING a bribe. Fall, sometimes called the "fall guy," went on to serve a year in prison and pay, I think it was, a $100,000 fine. Another acquitted oilman Harry Sinclair of offering a bribe but found him guilty of JURY TAMPERING in his Teapot Dome tribe. I think he was jailed for about nine months. Teapot Dome referred to naval oil holdings in both WY and CA that were leased without competitive bidding procedures to Doheny and Sinclair, who had paid money or given securities to Secretary Fall. Had Fall not spent so lavishly on his NM ranch, senators probably would have never suspected that he had been involved in the bribery scheme.

[Leto]

Quiniapiac seems to imply that the Torch is ahead in a number of counties including Sussex and Warren. I think that is highly improbable.

[ssantomaur]

The Quinnipiac poll always favors the Dems. Forrester
should focus on two issues: You only get a hearing from
the Torch if you bribe him. And that Torricelli helped
contribute to 9/11 by limiting the recruiting efforts of the
CIA.

[Ann Archy]

Is New Jersey THAT corrupt?

[Black Agnes]

Yes, that corrupt, and that UNION run. (course, some would say those are the same thing...)

[dead]

A bright spot for Torricelli is his 46–27 percent lead among women voters

Chicks are idiots.

(present company excluded, of course)

[Coop]

Torch wins this one walking away.

No matter how much evidence exists to the contrary! [sheesh]

[Coop]

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