Just stay south of Seaside Heights...
Posted on 06/13/2007 6:45:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - Millennium Radio New Jersey
[Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Madison, NJ] -- 54% of New Jersey voters think the Garden State is a better place to live than other states. 20% say it's worse, and 17% say it's just the same. Jersey voters agree on something else: pollution. A sizable majority--62%--say our state is more polluted than others. Perhaps worse, 42% of people around the country agree, and just 17% around the country say New Jersey has the same amount of pollution or less than other states.
As you might expect from the so-called, "attitude capital of the world," New Jerseyans are unconcerned with their image. 57% say they are "not concerned at all" with what people in other states think about New Jersey, while another 15% say they just are "a little concerned.
And what do they think? When asked "what comes to mind when you think of New Jersey?" voters across the country mention, in descending order, "next to New York" and "the shore" as well as casinos and even farming, vegetables and cows far more often than pollution.
So what else is good about New Jersey? 57% say the Garden State has better public schools than other states. As for whether the state has more or fewer dishonest politicians, Jersey voters split: 42% say the state has more than its fair share but 41% think the state has the same as, or fewer than other states. Jersey cynicism--or inside knowledge--is not widely shared: outside the state just 16% say New Jersey has more dishonest politicians than other states.
Asked about street crime, 36% of Jersey voters say there's more of it in their state, but 49% say the state has the same or less than other states. Jerseyans also split on whether there is more organized crime in their state: 40% of New Jerseyans say there is, and 30% nationally agree. But 48% nationally say they don't know, and 38% in New Jersey say there's the same or less of it in their state.
One other thing Jersey voters agree on is taxes: 85% conclude they pay more in state and local taxes than most other states. The rest of the nation doesn't agree however: just 27% nationally say New Jersey pays more in taxes. The Garden State has the highest property taxes in the country, twice the national average and last year, the Legislature approved Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to increase the state sales tax from 6% to 7%.
Two PublicMind polls of 776 registered voters nationwide and 602 registered voters in New Jersey were conducted from May 29 through June 3 and have a margins of error of +/- 3.5 and +/-4 percentage points
By: Kevin McArdle
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Louisiana’s got NJ beat I think.
The New Jersey Supreme Court accommodated the Democrats, changed the rules, and simply declared that the change was fair. The court held that it “should invoke its equitable powers in favor of a full and fair ballot choice for the voters of New Jersey.”
Good article. I'd bet a chunk of change that the NJ Supremes would never have changed the rules if the Republicans had asked to replace a candidate on the ballot after the deadline.
The New Jersey story gives us a bitter lesson in how Republicans are betrayed by RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). RINO Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed six out of the seven New Jersey Supreme Court judges, several of whom were Democrats. Two of the judges (plus the spouses of two others) had made political donations to Torricelli.
Whitman selected judges who could be counted on to implement her liberal pro-abortion agenda, and now Republicans can see the fruits of her appointments: violation of election law and possibly the loss of the U.S. Senate.
Gee, violation of election law by a rat is news. That happens everywhere the dims are in charge. Look at Ohio in 04. That is SOP for the dims.
Smug, certainly. You figuratively looked down your nose at my entire state. Clueless because you really have no idea what it's like in Jersey other than your short tour. You've formed an opinion of the state that while it may be true in parts, certainly isn't in most of the state.
I'm a transplant too, I lived in Rural Ohio for 28 years. Been in Jersey for 12 now. I'm earning probably more than Triple I could have ever expected to be making in Ohio and it's just as Rural here as in Ohio except I've got Black Bears and Turkeys.
Lovely. What a wonderful place to live.
New Jersey wants to have a bad reputation, Otherwise a lot of folks from California and New York would move here.
Sure New Jersey has it’s problems... But it also has some of the greatest towns anywhere. It all depends on where you look. An awful lot of people are living in very, very nice places in New Jersey.
As for our politicians, you got us there. They are the worst anywhere.
I'm a transplant from California to New Jersey. Twenty years. I have a Cal sticker on my car, and you would be surprised at the number of Grr-Rrr-Rah!s I get. Apparently I'm not the only one.
And I'M clueless?
Have a nice day!
Heh, don't know what that means. Fellow Cali-forni-ans? I like where I live in Jersey, reddest of the red counties too. In fact, Dems don't even usually bother to run in Elections. The write-in candidates for dems usually get 3-4 votes. hehe.
Just stay south of Seaside Heights...
It is the cheer of the California Golden Bears. Another parent on my daughter’s softball team was a Cal alum. It really isn’t unusual to meet displaced Californians in New Jersey anymore.
We just have to keep the brain-dead type of Californians that are ruining Colorado and Idaho out...
And I'M clueless?
Yup. You obviously drove around Passaic or Patterson or perhaps even Camden and decided the whole state was worthy of ..oh wait, how did you so gingerly term it again... a good place for a landfill.
Thanks alot, just keep driving.
Look at Soprano and McGreevy - which one would anyone prefer? Not a pretty choice, but an obvious one.
McDreamy?..McSteamy?..nah..NJ has McGreevey..
Nice pics, We get to Ocean City about every other year. It’s a very family oriented place, no drunken “kids” or whatnot. Very pleasant.
My FIL has his fishing boat out of the Marina back in behind Great Bay and we go out on the Ocean for Flounder or whatever. It’s a blast. I agree there are bad parts of NJ, but to pan it just because we have crooked liberal douchebag pols and some dumpy spots is ridiculous.
Flounder/fluke are also very tasty. My sister used to go out on party boats from Barnegat Light and bring home some nice ones.
And don't forget the delicious morsels of blue crabs and steamed clams. Yummy. Now you're making me homesick...
“You have no idea of how long I was there, or where my travels took me.......”
Right, we all get it. Despite making a really stupid blanket statement, you’re actually a seasoned traveller who toured NJ extensively. You’re just a misunderstood globe trotter, not a provincial hick from the plains who was confused by jug handles and swore you’d never return to a state that has more than two lanes per side in its highway system.
“And I’M clueless?”
Yes, very much so!!
You’re living in what is quite possibly the most boring region in the country, yet recommend turning a state that actually has commerce and industry into a dump?
Have some more corn!!
Did they mention Texas?
I hear that in Oregon they plan to change the state motto to, “We are doing fine without you.”
We should steal that one!
That's funny but there's no chance that the effete hippies in Oregon will go for it! Better to save it for New Jersey.
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