| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #15909 |
| Endorsed by NJ's largest Newspaper, Independent Daggett Further Complicates NJ Governor Election: In an election for New Jersey Governor today, 10/15/09, 19 days until the vote, Republican Chris Christie and incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine are tied and treading water, according to this latest exclusive WABC-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA.
Chris Daggett is the only candidate with momentum. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released one week ago, Christie is down 3 points, from 43% to 40%; Corzine is down 1 point, from 40% to 39%; Daggett is up 4 points, from 14% to 18%. Daggett was endorsed by the Star-Ledger on Sunday, 10/11, one day before interviewing began for this poll.
Of those who voted for Corzine in 2005, 58% stick with Corzine in 2009 -- down from 67% one week ago. 20% of 2005 Corzine voters crossover to Republican Christie in 2009 -- up from 17%; 19% vote Daggett, up from 13%. Among whites, Christie leads by 14 points, down from 18. Among blacks, Corzine leads 4:1, down from 6:1. Christie, who became the Republican nominee after defeating a more conservative Republican, Steve Lonegan, in the primary, leads 4:1 among Conservatives, unchanged from last week. Corzine leads 4:1 among liberals, also unchanged. Moderates remain divided. Corzine carries Northern Jersey. Christie carries South Jersey. In Central Jersey, where Christie had led by 12, he leads by 3. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 1,000 New Jersey adults 10/12/09 through 10/14/09. Of them, 884 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 611 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/3 general election. |
 | If the election for governor were today, would you vote for... (candidate names rotated) Republican Chris Christie? Democrat Jon Corzine? Or Independent Chris Daggett? |
| 611 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Biggest Issue | College Grad | Income | Enthusiastic | 2008 Vote | 2005 Vote | NFL Team | Springsteen Fan? | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Property | Jobs | Economy | Health C | Corrupti | Yes | No | < $50K | $50K - $ | $100K + | No Reser | Reservat | Obama | McCain | Corzine | Forreste | Giants | Jets | Eagles | Yes | No | Northern | Central | Southern | |
| Christie (R) | 40% | 44% | 35% | 37% | 42% | 40% | 38% | 40% | 39% | 46% | 13% | 23% | 31% | 65% | 16% | 48% | 66% | 35% | 15% | 53% | 23% | 31% | 23% | 55% | 39% | 42% | 32% | 39% | 46% | 48% | 37% | 15% | 69% | 20% | 77% | 44% | 36% | 45% | 33% | 47% | 36% | 39% | 45% |
| Corzine (D) | 39% | 34% | 43% | 47% | 35% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 32% | 66% | 55% | 57% | 16% | 64% | 26% | 15% | 40% | 69% | 28% | 54% | 53% | 58% | 12% | 42% | 33% | 43% | 36% | 38% | 40% | 39% | 64% | 10% | 58% | 5% | 39% | 33% | 42% | 44% | 33% | 44% | 36% | 35% |
| Daggett (I) | 18% | 19% | 18% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 6% | 17% | 18% | 23% | 16% | 22% | 13% | 17% | 20% | 14% | 18% | 30% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 24% | 14% | 13% | 24% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 31% | 11% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Other | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | - | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 50% | 50% | 16% | 32% | 29% | 23% | 48% | 52% | 76% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 33% | 42% | 23% | 28% | 49% | 18% | 43% | 13% | 19% | 10% | 8% | 57% | 43% | 23% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 55% | 51% | 44% | 55% | 28% | 41% | 9% | 14% | 47% | 49% | 38% | 33% | 29% |