The latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll showed state residents are divided on the question of whether New Jersey is headed in the right direction — with the undecided carrying the deciding votes.
Consider:
- 40% believe the state is going in the right direction;
- 45% say it is on the wrong track;
- 15% are unsure.
Here’s how the question breaks by party affiliation and ethnicity.
Headed in the right direction:
- 68% of Democrats;
- 63% of Hispanics;
- 49% of Blacks.
Headed down the wrong track:
- 76% of Republicans;
- 53% of whites;
- 51% of independents.
The poll also found that young adults and urban residents are more positive than their counterparts — and that those in the highest income bracket are more negative than those in less affluent households.
Results are from a statewide poll of 1,008 adults contacted by live interviewers on landlines and cell phones from Oct. 21-27. The full sample has a margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentage points.
