| March Tue, 2024
Rutgers Eagleton Poll: What’s Most Important to New Jersey Votes on Election Day? Taxes and the Economy, of Course.
Despite mudslinging and legislative battles throughout the Garden State echoing national culture wars, New Jersey voters still care most about taxes and the economy and say they will be the biggest factors in casting their ballots on Election Day, according to the latest Rutgers- Eagleton Poll.
| March Tue, 2024
Republicans in new Jersey optimistic they can flip the Senate or Assembly, or even both
Those culture war issues are part of the nationwide discussion, but Dr. Ashley Koning with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University said in New Jersey, voters consistently go back to the same issue. "Taxes. It's always about taxes, especially property taxes. So whether or not that component in affordability and cost of living are going to play a bigger role than these culture wars issues, time is going to tell" Koning said.
| March Tue, 2024
Column: Nikki Haley is on the rise. Can she surpass Donald Trump?
She is the fifth Republican woman to run for president, compared with 12 female Democrats who have launched bids, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
| February Thu, 2024
Nikki Haley’s unexpected rise from ‘scrappy’ underdog to Trump’s closest rival
“Top predictors of votes for Donald Trump are hostile sexism and racial resentment,” said Kelly Dittmar, director of research and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.