Poll: Gov. Murphy approvals at 52%-43%
Gov. Phil Murphy has 52%-43% job approval rating, according to a new poll conducted jointly by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
He was at 43%-28% in a November 2018 Rutgers-Eagleton pol, and at 49%-31% in an October 2018 Fairleigh Dickinson poll.
Murphy has approvals of 79%-15% among Democrats but is upside-down among independents at 46%-51% and with Republicans, 14%-82%.
“These numbers are similar to both of his most recent predecessors, Governors Chris Christie and Jon Corzine at a similar time in their administrations,” said Krista Jenkins, professor of government at Fairleigh Dickinson University and director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll. “One went on to a second term, while the other was defeated two years later.”
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