TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A new poll shows New Jersey is
still a blue state after the first presidential debate.
The Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows President Barack Obama
maintaining an 8-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. And U.S.
Sen. Bob Menendez tops GOP challenger Joe Kyrillos (kih-RIHL'-lohsez) by 18
points.
Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, says
Obama's lead didn't budge from September while Menendez's has widened.
The poll found 16 percent of U.S. Senate race voters say they still could
change their minds before Election Day, double the number of presidential voters
who say they may rethink their choice.
The telephone survey of 1,319 likely voters was conducted from Oct. 10-14 and
has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.
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