Real Numbers and Other Musings

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

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...

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

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. ...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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