The weighted results used here are balanced to match parameters for sex, age, education and race/ethnicity. The weights used, like all weights, balance the demographic characteristics of the sample to match known population parameters. The data were weighted to be representative of the population of adult NJ residents, as of the 2020 US Census.
239 of the surveys were carried out via live-caller telephone interviews on landlines, and the remainder (578) were done on a web platform via weblinks sent via SMS to cell phones, or via live caller cell phone interviews. Respondents were randomly chosen from the list, and contacted via either live-caller telephone interviews, or text-to-web surveys sent to cellular phones, resulting in an overall sample of 817 respondents. Lists of residents were obtained from Aristotle International of Washington, DC.
The survey was conducted between April 28 and May 6, 2023, using a certified list of adult New Jersey residents carried out by Braun Research of Princeton, New Jersey. “So when the residents of one area stand out this much, it’s telling us something about how bad people think things are down on the coast.” “There are long traditions of corrupt practices all over the state,” said Cassino. People living in the coastal counties (Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, and Ocean) are more likely than those living in other areas to say that their representatives are “very” corrupt, with 26 percent saying so, compared with 15 percent in the urban core counties, or 18 percent in South Jersey. There are also intriguing differences in perceptions of local corruption by region. “Since independents don’t particularly like either party, it makes sense that they’d be more negative about everyone, even the politicians that they elected.” “People tend to think politicians from the other side are corrupt, so it makes sense that Republicans see more corruption than Democrats,” said Cassino. Only 26 percent of New Jersey residents say that their representatives are less corrupt than other elected officials statewide, with Republicans (30 percent) being more likely to say so than Democrats (22 percent).
Sixty-three percent of independents say that New Jersey politicians generally are “very” or “somewhat” corrupt, and 57 percent say that their own representatives are. Independent residents who are about equally likely to say that politicians on the whole, and those who represent them, are corrupt. This gap is very similar to the one based on partisanship: Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to say that statewide politicians are corrupt, but both Democrats and Republicans are more sanguine about the politicians that represent them. Among those who approve of Murphy, just 49 percent say so. Among the 39 percent of residents who disapprove of the job Murphy is doing as governor, 79 percent say that New Jersey politicians are “very” or “somewhat” corrupt. Overall, Murphy’s approval is at 44 percent among residents, a tick down from his figure of 48 percent in February’s FDU Poll, and well down from his pandemic-era highs, but up from last fall, when it was as low as 40 percent.
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One of the main drivers of views of corruption seems to be the views of Governor Phil Murphy. Fifty percent of New Jersey say that their representatives in state and local government are “very” or “somewhat” corrupt 74 percent say that their representatives are at least “a little” corrupt. However, residents are less likely to believe that the politicians who represent them are corrupt. Just 6 percent say that they’re “not at all corrupt,” and 19 percent say that New Jersey politicians are “a little” corrupt. Overall, 61 percent of New Jersey residents say that Garden State politicians are “somewhat” or “very” corrupt. “But the fact that they think their own representatives, the people they could vote out, are corrupt is really saying something.” “This is Jersey, and people expect some degree of corruption,” said Dan Cassino, a professor of Government and Politics at FDU, and the director of the poll. According to the latest results from the FDU Poll, 80 percent of New Jersey residents say that the state’s politicians are at least “a little” corrupt, a view driven by partisanship and views of Governor Phil Murphy. Residents of Coastal Counties More Likely to Say Their Officials are Corruptįairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, – Most New Jersey residents say that politicians in the state are “very” or “somewhat” corrupt, and they’re only a little more positive about their own representatives in state and local government. 973.896.7072/ Residents Say politicians are Corrupt, Even the Ones that Represent Them
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