Some interesting figures from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling on the governor’s race in New Jersey. PPP shows Republican challenger Christopher Christie leading Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine by a 50%-36% margin, which is pretty much in line with other firms’ top line results; the realclearpolitics.com average of recent polls is a 51%-39% Christie lead.
The first thing I found interesting is that PPP stratifies its results by area code. The area code lines run pretty close to the county lines, so it’s possible to compare the Corzine-Christie numbers with the actual numbers in the 2005 governor race in which Corzine beat Republican Doug Forester by a 53%-43% margin (which I described in my July 26 Examiner column as “narrow,” a characterization which Corzine’s press secretary politely disagreed in an email; fair point). READ FULL STORY
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