Question:
1. If the election for governor was held today, would you vote for Jon Corzine the
Democrat, Chris Christie the Republican, Chris Daggett the independent, or some other
candidate? [If undecided: At this moment do you lean more towards Corzine or more
towards Christie?] [NAMES WERE ROTATED]
Likely
Voters
PARTY ID GENDER RACE AGE REGION
Dem Ind Rep Male Female White
Black &
Hispanic
18 to
34
35 to
54
55+ North Central South
Corzine 43% 77% 33% 10% 39% 46% 36% 64% 49% 38% 44% 47% 42% 36%
Christie 41% 8% 43% 82% 46% 36% 47% 25% 38% 45% 38% 38% 39% 50%
Daggett 8% 7% 12% 4% 8% 8% 9% 2% 6% 9% 9% 8% 10% 6%
Other candidate 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 3% 1% 2% 2% 1%
(VOL) Don’t know 7% 5% 10% 3% 5% 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 5% 7% 7%
Unwtd N 722 229 265 211 348 374 598 74 129 331 255 329 177 205
TREND: Likely
voters
Oct 31-Nov 1
2009
Oct 28-30
2009
Mid Oct
2009
Early Oct
2009
September
2009
August
2009
July
2009
Corzine 43% 42% 39% 40% 39% 36% 37%
Christie 41% 43% 39% 43% 47% 50% 45%
Daggett 8% 8% 14% 8% 5% 4% 4%
Other candidate 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1%
(VOL) Don’t know 7% 5% 7% 8% 7% 8% 13%
Unwtd N 722 1041 1004 527 531 484 527

Poll Demographics
POLL DEMOGRAPHICS
Likely Voter Sample (weighted)
39% Dem 47% Male 22% 18-34 74% White
33% Ind 53% Female 45% 35-54 13% Black
28% Rep 33% 55+ 6% Hispanic
6% Asian/Other

About this Poll
The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll was conducted by telephone with 722 New
Jersey likely voters from October 31 to November 1, 2009. This sample has a margin of error of + 3.7
percent. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute and originally published
by the Gannett New Jersey newspaper group (Asbury Park Press, Courier-Post, Courier News, Daily
Journal, Daily Record, and Home News Tribune).