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1. Mitt Romney is the devil N.J. voters do not know
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Romney by 14 points in the Garden State, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. More than half of New Jersey voters polled said they’d re-elect Obama; that's compared to just 37 for Romney. Another ...

2. N.J. consumer confidence falls with pessimism on rise
(Money/Economy)

... they’ll be doing better dropped from 47 percent of those polled in January to 38 percent. Also, nearly 60 percent of Jersey residents say themselves or someone close to them has lost a job in the past ...

3. Was Paul Ryan a better choice than Chris Christie?
(U.S./Nation)

... of New Jersey Democrats strongly agreed Ryan as VP would incite state Democrat, while only 17 percent of polled Garden State Republicans strongly agreed. On the other hand, 37.5 percent somewhat agreed ...

4. Report: N.J. Medicaid patients are least likely in U.S. to find new doctor
(Health/Healthquest)

... while combing the survey results. On a national scale, more than three in ten doctors, or 31 percent of those polled, would not accept new Medicaid patients, according to the Washington Post. The general ...

5. Voters to POTUS candidates: Create jobs and fix the government
(U.S./Nation)

BY JIM KOURI A clear majority of Americans polled want whoever wins the presidential election to create well-paying jobs and while combating Inside-the-Beltway government corruption and waste, according ...

6. Poll: Vice President pick matters with otherwise apathetic voters
(U.S./Nation)

... a quarter of those asked said their decision is significantly impacted by a candidate’s choice of a running mate. While another quarter polled said the choice of running mate doesn’t impact their vote. ...

7. NJ students to administrators: Stop dumbing down our schoolwork
(N.J./State)

... 37 percent of fourth-graders in the nation say that the math work they are given is too easy. Yes, you did read that correctly but I’ll write it again in case you’re still in disbelief. The students polled ...

8. Gallup poll shows next to no confidence in TV media
(U.S./Nation)

... of “The Daily Show.” But the results of a Gallup poll are showing that confidence in TV news by American viewers is at an all-time low. According to POLITICO.com, of 1,004 adults polled in the survey, ...

9. Survey: Obama beats Romney in 'Sugar Daddy' appeal
(U.S./Nation)

... option to both men and 13.9 percent saying “both” as their final answer. Over 30,000 thousand females were polled on the dating site. “While many unfairly stereotype Sugar Babies as gold-diggers who ...

10. Poll: Voters think Chris Christie is doing right by N.J.
(N.J./State)

... the gender gap has nearly doubled since March, with men polled growing to 56 percent, up from 49 percent. Women, on the hand, barely budged from the 43 percent in March of this year. “Only 31percent ...

11. N.J. ethics poll: We are not the Jersey Shore cast, not the Sopranos
(N.J./State)

... by the Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind last month, measured the ethics of 903 adults using the same questions asked in 26 European countries polled by the European Social Survey (ESS); besting ...

12. Facebook IPO lawsuit, privacy concerns may end the love affair
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY GINA G. SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Say it isn’t so; the love affair with Facebook is coming undone for more than 30 percent of users recently polled. The poll, conducted by Reuters last month, ...

13. N.Y. Post's 'most hated' Americans: John Edwards worse than Casey Anthony?
(U.S./Nation)

... Anthony, found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee, as the most hated person in America. The Post polled 9,000 readers in coming up with their selection, after they first put together their ...

14. Hepatitis C test is a must for Baby Boomer generation, says CDC
(Health/Healthquest)

... than 15,000 Americans die each year from hepatitis C infections. Recent surveys said only about 25 percent of baby boomers polled said they had been tested.  ...

15. Can Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook make it long-term?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... News reports that 46 percent of those polled say the social networking giant is not going to last for the long haul and will go the way of other sites, like MySpace, and fade away. Conversely, 43 percent ...

16. Bloomberg's NYPD spying on Muslims gets OK from citizens: 'Islamophobia' still present
(Opinion/Commentary)

... percent thought that police unfairly targeted Muslim groups. 964 city voters were polled, with a 3.2 percent margin of error. It was roughly a month ago that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was furious ...

17. 2012 Leap Year study by CLR: How much time do people spend cleaning house?
(Life/Style)

... nobody wants to use that time to clean the house. Shocking! CLR Cleaners polled men and women about what they would like to spend their extra day doing, and here are the results: Women's Top Five ...

18. Even with 'Jersey Shore,' N.J. gets higher marks than Newt Gingrich in national poll
(N.J./State)

... "unsure" about New Jersey. Other states rolled up similarly vague rankings. Some 60 percent of those polled responded blankly to the name "Nebraska." Of course, it's hard to have an opinion about Nebraska. ...

19. Herman Cain gains most with Christie out of the race
(U.S./Nation)

... leaners at 17 percent each, followed by 12 percent for Cain, and 10 percent for Perry. No other candidate polled above 7 percent. “This survey shows Governor Christie is walking away from the possibility ...

20. Poll finds Christie coulda' been a contender for president
(U.S./Nation)

... and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tied at 17 percent each, followed by 12 percent for businessman Herman Cain, 10 percent for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. None of the other GOP hopefuls polled above ...