Gov. Phil Murphy s approval rating has taken a hit since the COVID-19 pandemic began with slightly less than a majority of voters saying he should be re-elected in the fall.
The Monmouth University Poll comes before campaigning really begins but shows significant support for Murphy. He had a job approval rating of 71% at the early stages of the pandemic. That has now dropped to 57%.
Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, notes it is not uncommon for the governors to have high poll numbers at the start of a crisis. Chris Christie saw his meteoric rise in the polls after Superstorm Sandy plummet but still won reelection.
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A majority of New Jersey voters are giving Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy a thumbs up on the job he’s doing steering the state, but less than half say he deserves a second term in office, a new poll indicates.
According to a Monmouth University survey released Wednesday, 57% of Garden State voters say they approve of the governor’s performance, with 35% disapproving. That’s down from 71% approval last year, amid the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
New Jersey was particularly hard hit by the pandemic, forcing the governor to place major restrictions at the time on such businesses as restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons, barbershops, retail stores, movie theaters, and amusement parks, as well as on museums and places of worship.
Phil Murphy could be in worse shape, Save Jerseyans, especially if we had a media that wasn’t almost totally in the bag for Democrats. Still, he’s undeniably in a weaker reelection position than the last New Jersey governor to win a second term.
That’s according to the Monmouth University Poll; on Wednesday, the Patrick Murray-led outfit reported that only 48% of registered voter New Jerseyans thought Murphy should get a second term. That’s compared to 59% who thought Christie deserved reelection in April 2013.
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Context: Murphy’s reelect number is allegedly below 50% in a state with a 1+ million Democrat registration advantage.