Menendez can do little wrong at home in Hudson, poll shows
2006-10-03
Source: The Jersey Journal
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rss feedThe race between Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and Republican challenger Thomas Kean Jr. may be a dead heat across the state, but in Hudson County the hometown favorite is way ahead, according to a recent Jersey Journal/ New Jersey City University poll.
The poll shows Menendez - who grew up in Union City and now lives in Hoboken - with a near 3-to-1 lead in Hudson County over his opponent.
The difference represents one of the largest leads Menendez has ever garnered in the history of the poll, according to its authors, NJCU political science professor Fran Moran and NJCU English professor Bruce Chadwick.
Respondents favored Menendez - who is counting on overwhelming support in urban areas to compensate for Kean's anticipated popularity in suburbia - by 52 percent.
Kean garnered only 16 percent of the support and the rest were undecided, according to the poll.
"If he can maintain this substantial support in Hudson he will win over 70 percent of the vote here on Election Day," wrote the authors. "That huge plurality over Kean could be a needed cushion for (Menendez) in the statewide race."
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