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Independent Candidates and Monmouth Polling
by Patrick Murray We have received more than a few – largely polite – inquiries from supporters of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about their candidate not being included in our most recent 2024 presidential election poll. Here is a quick rundown of our decision process. Monmouth’s objective in its polling enterprise is to measure public…
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Why stop at county lines? Let’s ditch the primaries.
by Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed on nj.com on March 24, 2024 and was published in the March 25 edition of the Star-Ledger. New Jersey’s unique – some would say bizarre – primary ballot design is getting national attention. Political leaders who have benefitted from the “county line” are now at least talking…
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New Jersey Democrats’ Failure to Communicate
by Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Star-Ledger on September 10, 2023. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” The famous line from Cool Hand Luke is addressed to a prison gang, but it could also be directed at New Jersey Democrats right now. The party has been put…
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The Monmouth University Polling Institute was established to be a leading center for the study of public opinion on critical national and state issues. The Polling Institute’s mission is to foster greater public accountability by ensuring that the public’s voice is heard in the policy discourse.
The Monmouth University Poll was recognized in 2013 as the only poll that correctly forecast the outcomes of both the November gubernatorial race and the unprecedented October U.S. Senate contest in New Jersey, leading the Asbury Park Press to call Monmouth’s polling “freakishly accurate.”