Emerson Poll Shows Menendez with Five Point Lead over Hugin

By Insider NJ | October 29, 2018, 2:00 pm | in News

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D) 47%, Bob Hugin (R) 42%, 7% undecided

Name Recognition

Trump 36% favorable, 57% unfavorable

Menendez 34% favorable, 53% unfavorable

Hugin 40% favorable, 33% unfavorable

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Frequency Table

Gender
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Male	317	48.2	48.2	48.2
	Female	342	51.8	51.8	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Party Affiliation
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Democrat	245	37.2	37.2	37.2
	Republican	142	21.6	21.6	58.8
	Independent or Other	272	41.2	41.2	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Voting intetion
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Very likely	603	91.5	91.5	91.5
	Already voted	56	8.5	8.5	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Senate Ballot
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Bob Menendez (D)	312	47.3	47.3	47.3
	Bob Hugin (R)	277	42.0	42.0	89.3
	Someone else	25	3.8	3.8	93.1
	Undecided	46	6.9	6.9	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Senate Force
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Bob Menendez (D)	33	5.0	72.3	72.3
	Bob Hugin (R)	13	1.9	27.7	100.0
	Total	46	6.9	100.0
Missing	System	613	93.1
Total		659	100.0

Is your opinion of Bob Hugin generally favorable or unfavorable?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Favorable	265	40.2	40.2	40.2
	Unfavorable	215	32.6	32.6	72.8
	Neutral or no opinion	149	22.6	22.6	95.4
	Never heard of this person	30	4.6	4.6	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Is your opinion of Senator Bob Menendez generally favorable or unfavorable?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Favorable	221	33.6	33.6	33.6
	Unfavorable	352	53.4	53.4	86.9
	Neutral or no opinion	82	12.4	12.4	99.4
	Never heard of this person	4	.6	.6	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Is your opinion of President Donald Trump generally favorable or unfavorable?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Favorable	240	36.4	36.4	36.4
	Unfavorable	378	57.4	57.4	93.8
	Neutral or no opinion	40	6.0	6.0	99.8
	Never heard of this person	1	.2	.2	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Do you support raising the NJ minimum wage to $15 an hour?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Support	376	57.0	57.0	57.0
	Do not support	190	28.9	28.9	85.9
	Unsure	76	11.5	11.5	97.4
	No opinion	17	2.6	2.6	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Do you trust Senator Bob Menendez?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Yes	288	43.6	43.6	43.6
	No	371	56.4	56.4	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Who did you vote for in the 2016 Presidential elections?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Donald Trump	260	39.5	39.5	39.5
	Hillary Clinton	353	53.6	53.6	93.1
	Someone else	13	2.0	2.0	95.1
	Did not vote	32	4.9	4.9	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Race/Ethnicity
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Hispanic or Latino of any race	57	8.7	8.7	8.7
	White or Caucasian	473	71.7	71.7	80.4
	Black or African American	49	7.4	7.4	87.8
	Asian	38	5.8	5.8	93.6
	Other or multiple races	42	6.4	6.4	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Age
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	18-34	182	27.6	27.6	27.6
	35-54	227	34.4	34.4	61.9
	55-74	192	29.1	29.1	91.1
	75+	59	8.9	8.9	100.0
	Total	659	100.0	100.0

Educational Attainment
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	High school or less	70	10.7	10.8	10.8
	Some college	162	24.6	24.8	35.5
	College graduate	248	37.6	37.9	73.4
	Postgrad or higher	174	26.4	26.6	100.0
	Total	655	99.4	100.0
Missing	System	4	.6
Total		659	100.0

Mode
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Landline	422	64.1	74.1	74.1
	Online	148	22.5	25.9	100.0
	Total	570	86.5	100.0
Missing	System	89	13.5

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