Real Numbers and Other Musings

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Who Do You Trust?

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Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Our latest Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Press Media Poll asked New Jerseyans how much they trust the...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Bullying Leader or Leading Bully?

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Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Much has been made of New Jersey Governor Christ Christie’s initial harangue over the state’s loss of Race to t...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Adventures in Campaign Message Polling, part 2

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Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ I recently wrote that a publicly released campaign poll memo was from a message testing survey, with the resul...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Is Obama in Need of Some Tom Foolery?

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Cross-posted at New Jersey Newsroom One of the hardest things for a president to do is to stay in touch with the concerns of everyday folk. ...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

State Pension Reality Check

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Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ . Numbers matter. Poll results, budget deficits, health statistics. Attach a number to any issue and it becom...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Adventures in Campaign Message Polling, part 1

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Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ . The political blogosphere recently took note of a poll in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional district purporting ...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Homebuyer Credit or Taxpayer Gift?

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So what’s the deal with the New Jersey homebuyer tax credit ? This program would give homebuyers in the state a tax credit worth up to $15,...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Are Nate Silver’s Pollster Ratings “Done Right”

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This originally appeared as a guest column on Pollster.com . The motto of Nate Silver’s website, www.fiverthirtyeight.com , is “Politics Don...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

New Jersey Property Taxes Far and Away the No. 1 Pet Peeve

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This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on June 13, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News, ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

New Jersey's Primary: What's it Mean for November?

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So what does the outcome of New Jersey’s Congressional primaries mean? The Tea Party movement certainly made a statement, but there is a lo...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

More on New Jersey’s Image

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Two days after the Gannett New Jersey newspapers ran a feature on New Jersey’s image (which included my analysis of state and national publi...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Do Other Americans like New Jersey for the Right Reasons? ‎

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This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on April 25, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News,...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Interpreting the School Budget Vote

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Yesterday, New Jersey voters did something they haven’t done in more than 30 years: defeated a majority of school district tax levies. [Not...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Conflicting Polls on the Teachers' Union? Not Really.

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A trio of polls were released last week on Governor Chris Christie’s budget, particularly focusing on school aid cuts and state unions. Acc...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Round 1 Goes to the NJEA

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The latest Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll contains some mixed news for Governor Christie’s budget. The public may see it as t...
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Public Support for Oil Drilling in the Mid-Atlantic

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President Obama surprised more than a few people with his announcement yesterday to allow oil drilling in coastal waters. The northwestern...
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