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 Poll: Schundler narrows gap
Originally appeared in the Trenton Times on 11/06/01
TRENTON (AP) -- Republican Bret Schundler has narrowed the gap in the New Jersey governor's race but still trails Democrat Jim McGreevey, according to a new poll released yesterday.
With one day left in the campaign, Schundler trailed his rival by 9 percentage points among likely voters in the Quinnipiac University poll. McGreevey, the mayor of Woodbridge Township, had 48 percent, while Schundler had 39 percent and 12 percent said they were undecided.
In the university's last poll, released Oct. 30, McGreevey led the former Jersey City mayor 52 percent to 35 percent among likely voters.
The Quinnipiac poll results contrast sharply with two other polls released over the weekend, both indicating that McGreevey has maintained a comfortable double-digit lead.
A Gannett New Jersey poll released Sunday gave McGreevey a lead of 22 percentage points. The poll of 649 likely voters conducted Nov. 1-3 has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Forty-eight percent of those polled by Gannett said they planned to vote for McGreevey, while 26 percent backed Schundler. About 3 percent said they would vote for a third-party candidate, while 8 percent refused to identify their choice and 15 percent said they were undecided.
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll released Sunday gave McGreevey a 49-33 percent lead. It was based on a survey of 746 likely voters conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Three percent of those responding said they would vote for someone else, while 14 percent said they were undecided.
In the latest Quinnipiac poll, McGreevey led Schundler 43 percent to 35 percent among Independent voters, with 21 percent undecided. Men favored Schundler 47 percent to 41 percent, while women supported McGreevey 55 percent to 31 percent.
Quinnipiac interviewed 505 likely voters by telephone from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
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