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RandySF

(58,896 posts)
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 09:25 PM Oct 2017

NJ-GOV: Murphy Leads Guadagno by 18 Points

Phil Murphy has a double-digit lead over Kim Guadagno in the New Jersey governor’s race with less than a month before the election, according to Stockton University poll released Friday.

Murphy, the Democratic nominee, has an 18-point advantage over Guadagno, the Republican nominee, according to the poll. Murphy received 51 percent support to Guadagno’s 33 percent. The poll included voters who “lean” toward either candidate. Nearly 7 percent prefer an independent or third-party candidate, and 8 percent are undecided or declined to name their choice.

The poll surveyed 585 New Jersey registered voters who voted in the 2016 presidential election and, according to Stockton, “were screened as likely voters” for the Nov. 7 election. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

Ricky Diaz, a Guadagno campaign spokesman, called the survey “useless” in a Twitter post because it was based on the opinions of voters from last year’s presidential race. But a Stockton spokeswoman said it was a poll of likely voters for this year’s gubernatorial race.



http://observer.com/2017/10/poll-murphy-leads-guadagno-by-18-points/

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NJ-GOV: Murphy Leads Guadagno by 18 Points (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2017 OP
Is 18 points enough to win? rainin Oct 2017 #1
18 points is not enough! Madam Mossfern Oct 2017 #2
Amen JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #3
I have yet to receive communication from the Murphy campaign crazycatlady Oct 2017 #4

rainin

(3,011 posts)
1. Is 18 points enough to win?
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 09:51 PM
Oct 2017

How big does our lead need to be before stealing it becomes too obvious? Or do they even care anymore if they're obvious.

Madam Mossfern

(2,340 posts)
2. 18 points is not enough!
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 09:55 PM
Oct 2017

We are looking at what happened with Hillary, and we are taking nothing for granted. The Murphy campaign and the NJ Dems are going to be working hard until all the polls close... and even then we'll be holding our breath. (breaths?)

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
4. I have yet to receive communication from the Murphy campaign
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 10:37 PM
Oct 2017

Both in the primary and general elections. Nobody called asking me for my vote or to volunteer.

I'm not sure what he's doing but I seriously wonder about the lack of a field program. I live in a pretty densely populated town that votes Democratic (about 55-45). 1-2 canvassers could knock it out in a shift.

Murphy already got my vote, but I also worry.

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