NJ Gov: Corzine gaining ground in final days; Obama returns to state next week

[WI_DEM]

The New Jersey governor's race is going down to the wire as Republican challenger Christopher Christie gets 41 percent of likely voters, with 40 percent for Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine and 14 percent for independent candidate Christopher Daggett, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.


This compares to a 43 - 39 percent Christie lead, with 12 percent for Daggett, in a September 30 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.


Corzine leads 76 - 11 percent among Democratic likely voters, with 10 percent for Daggett. Christie leads 83 - 8 percent among Republicans, with 7 percent for Daggett, and 41 - 32 percent among independent voters, with 20 percent for Daggett. Independent voters have shifted from 46 - 30 percent for Christie, with 16 percent for Daggett September 1, to 45 - 32 percent for Christie, with 16 percent for Daggett September 30.


While 80 percent of Christie voters and 75 percent of Corzine backers say their minds are made up, only 39 percent of Daggett backers say their mind is made up.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1384

Meanwhile President Obama arrives in NJ to stump for Corzine next week in Hackensack.