Diversity Triumphs in Essex County’s State Races: 2023 election
According to a recent report from the Center for American Women and Politics, white men are “by far the most overrepresented group in New Jersey’s political offices.”
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According to a recent report from the Center for American Women and Politics, white men are “by far the most overrepresented group in New Jersey’s political offices.”
Read MoreCurrently, eight Black women serve as mayors in the top 100 most populous cities in the U.S., according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Read MoreAccording to researchers at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, was the first Black woman elected by a popular vote to lead an American municipality in 1971.
Read MoreAshley Koning, director of Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, said Durr’s victory two years ago “may have come from some sort of Trump, Sweeney, and Murphy combined backlash.”
Read MoreIn the weeks leading up to the election, a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll highlighted the top concerns facing New Jersey voters.
Read MoreKoning noted that the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll showed the main focus for voters was “Taxes, property taxes, especially cost of living and affordability.”
Read MoreAccording to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, New Jersey voters said taxes and the economy were their biggest concerns this fall, far ahead of the items in the national culture wars. NJ Voters prioritize taxes, Economy on Election Day Mirage News (November 8, 2023) 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.
Read MoreElection Day 2023: This is the issue that matters most to N.J. voters as they head to the polls.
Read MoreThe Rutgers-Eagleton Poll asked that question of nearly 1,000 state residents who said they planned to vote in this election, whether for the state Legislature or hundreds of county and local seats.
Read MoreA poll released the morning of Election Day by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University backs up that strategy. It found that the overriding issue that was most important to voters was the cost of living. A combined 40% identified high taxes, affordability or the economy as the issues most important to them.
Read MoreWhile Republican candidates focused on culture-war issues and offshore wind and electric vehicles, a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll says that voters were most concerned about taxes and the economy, issues that were more prominent in Democrats’ campaign literature.
Read MoreDespite 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.
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