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1. Poll finds Christie's anti-abortion position hurts him politically in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... proclaimed himself an “ally” of anti-abortion efforts when he addressed a pro-life rally at the Statehouse in January. Thirty-one percent of registered voters interviewed by Rutgers-Eagleton pollsters ...

2. New Jersey prefers Democratics keeping check on Republican Gov. Christie
(N.J./State)

120 seats in Legislature up for election in November A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll made public Friday is providing bad news for New Jersey’s Republican legislators. With all 120 seats in the Legislature ...

3. Mitt Romney is polling ahead of Gov. Christie in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... not stopping former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney nor other contenders from hitting the campaign trail and glad-handing in the early primary states. According to a poll released by the Eagleton ...

4. Rutgers professor Alan Rosenthal teaches fairness and compromise
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY STEVE ADUBATO COMMENTARY Professor Alan Rosenthal was my mentor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in the early 1980s. Later, when I was pursuing a PhD, it was Dr. Rosenthal ...

5. Correction
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The Rutgers-Eagleton Poll does not show a 10-point drop, nor did the release from the poll describe a 10-point drop. Instead what was described is that in December, Gov. Christie's favorable rating was ...

6. Poll: New Jerseyans' opinion of Gov. Christie has dropped 10 points
(N.J./State)

Obama viewed more favorably New Jerseyans’ opinion of Gov. Chris Christie has dropped 10 points since December, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll made public Monday. At the same time, a strong majority ...

7. Christie not swayed by N.J. police and firefighters
(N.J./State)

... arbitration rules. How do New Jersey voters view the issue? A recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll revealed that voters are virtually split on the new Christie budget. However, by a 53 to 44 percent margin, ...

8. N.J. favors Christie's teacher tenure changes
(N.J./State)

... for public school teachers, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Saturday. While the survey found 58 percent of those polled disapprove of tenure policies, 40 percent approve, a figure that ...

9. Poll finds New Jerseyans warming to Christie's proposed budget cuts
(N.J./State)

... to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll made public Thursday. Following last week’s budget address, New Jerseyans are less likely to want to protect a wide range of program areas than they were in March 2010. Specifically, ...

10. New Jerseyans support Wisconsin protesters but want Garden State public employees to chip in for benefits
(N.J./State)

... a Rutgers-Eagleton poll made public Tuesday finds. While more than half of New Jerseyans want to see significant changes to pension and health benefits in New Jersey, 65 percent also say that the people ...

11. N.J. split over Gov. Christie's proposed budget
(N.J./State)

Want to see compromise with Democratic-controlled Legislature New Jerseyans are split in their evaluation of Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $29.4 billion 2011-12 state budget, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton ...

12. Republican Pete McDonough named Rutgers' top lobbyist, adviser to university's president
(N.J./State)

... Republic of Georgia and served as an international election observer for the presidential elections in the Republic of Nigeria. As a visiting professor, McDonough has taught the Rutgers Eagleton Graduate ...

13. Gov. Christie is now part of national debate on abortion
(Opinion/Commentary)

... it. The most recent poll on the issue I could find was conducted seven years ago by the Eagleton Institute. That poll found that supporters of unlimited access to abortion outnumbered opponents by nearly ...

14. Democrats say no agreement on public hearings for N.J. legislative reapportionment
(N.J./State)

... that will ensure full public participation in legislative redistricting." Wisniewski's proposal is based on suggestions from Ingrid W. Reed, formerly of Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics, for ...

15. New Jerseyans want better access to beaches replenished with state aid
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... they should be required to improve visitor access, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Center for Public Interest poll made public Tuesday. In all, 82.1 percent of adults support an improved access requirement, ...

16. Christie more polarizing than most N.J. governors as first year in office nears end
(N.J./State)

... performance with a majority rating him only fair or poor, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Monday. Only 39 percent of New Jerseyans rate the governor's job performance either excellent, ...

17. Poll: New Jerseyans love their hometowns
(N.J./State)

But residents are a lot less positive about state New Jerseyans continue to have mixed views about living in the Garden State, continuing a trend identified in April, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton ...

18. Poll: N.J. Republicans want new Congress to change health care
(U.S./Nation)

Democrats more concerned about job creation New Jersey Democrats and Republicans have differing priorities for the new U.S. Congress, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll made public Tuesday. While ...

19. Public support for Christie's decision to halt Hudson rail tunnel work continues to grow, poll finds
(N.J./State)

... to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll made public Thursday. The poll finds that support for the decision to has grown from 51 percent to 56 percent since Christie took the action in October. At the same time, ...

20. New Jerseyans want state to spend more on education, poll finds
(N.J./State)

Though harboring mixed feelings about key aspects of Gov. Chris Christie's proposed education reform plan, a clear majority of New Jerseyans say the state is underfunding education, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton ...