Question:
19. Regardless of who the candidates are, do you think you are more likely to vote for the
Democrat or the Republican candidate for senator in November?
PARTY ID
REGISTERED
VOTERS Dem Ind Rep
Democrat 54% 89% 40% 10%
Republican 24% 2% 20% 79%
(VOL) Other candidate 1% 0% 2% 0%
(VOL) Neither, won’t vote 2% 1% 2% 3%
(VOL) Don’t know 19% 8% 36% 9%
Unwtd N 720 288 256 160

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll was conducted and analyzed by the Monmouth University Polling Institute
research staff. The telephone interviews were collected by Braun Research on April 24-28, 2008 with a statewide random
sample of 803 adult residents. Most of the results in this release are based on a sub-sample of 720 registered voters. For results
based on this voter sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of
plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. Sampling error increases as the sample size decreases, so statements based on various
population subgroups, such as separate figures reported by gender or party identification, are subject to more error than are
statements based on the total sample. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and
practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.
It is the Monmouth University Polling Institute’s policy to conduct surveys of all adult New Jersey residents, including voters
and non-voters, on issues which affect the state. Specific voter surveys are conducted when appropriate during election cycles.