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Poll: A Trump Effect In NJ Governor's Race

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A Fairleigh Dickinson poll finds there’s a Trump Effect in New Jersey’s race for governor.

Poll director Krista Jenkins says 25 percent of likely voters say the way they believe President Donald Trump is handling his job is a factor in deciding the candidate they support in next month’s gubernatorial election.

“The edge that Democrat Phil Murphy has over Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno is helped by the low approval ratings for the President among likely voters. The 31 percent approval that he has currently is weighing down the prospects for Guadagno and appears to be helping the candidacy of Phil Murphy.”

Jenkins says Governor Chris Christie is hurting Guadagno’s chances more than Trump is, with 34 percent of voters saying the unpopular governor is a factor in determining who they want to replace him.

“If you think about what Guadagno has been doing recently by kind of going right and trying  to think mobilize more on the right, potentially Trump voters, I’m not sure she’s really going to have that much success because it looks like Christie is having more of an effect on her than Trump is.”

Jenkins says many likely voters view their choice in the gubernatorial election as a way to send a message to President Trump and the Republicans who control Congress.

“44 percent of Democrats say that they’re using their vote in New Jersey’s gubernatorial to express their disapproval for what’s going on in DC, as compared to 26 percent of Republicans who say they’re using it to send a note of approval.”