Poll: National partisanship, not local issues, driving NJ governor’s race

Ashley Koning of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling discusses latest poll results

Joanna Gagis, Senior Correspondent | November 2, 2021 | NJ Decides 2021

New Jersey is one of just two states holding a gubernatorial election on Tuesday. The other, Virginia, has captured the nation’s attention as an early referendum on the Biden presidency. Latest polling shows most Americans disapprove of the president’s job performance.

But in New Jersey, how much is the national narrative affecting voters’ decisions? Ashley Koning, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, breaks down the findings of the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll.

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