Monmouth University Polling Institute

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Partisanship Drives Latest Shift in Race Relations Attitudes

Majority hopeful that movement will have a positive impact

July 8, 2020

National Poll

More Voters Rule Out Trump Than Biden

Mixed results on who has presidential ‘stamina’

July 2, 2020

National Poll

Covid Worries Rise Slightly

6 in 10 fault their fellow Americans’ behavior during outbreak

July 1, 2020

Arizona, California, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia Poll

One-Third of Primary Voters Switched Their Presidential Support

Dem voters support woman of color on the ticket

June 18, 2020

National Poll

Many Expect to Get Back on Track, But in A ‘New Normal’ Post-Covid

Vacation plans slashed for this summer

June 15, 2020

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Blog: Issues in Implementing All-VBM Elections in New Jersey

June 17, 2020

by Patrick Murray [The following was presented as testimony to the New Jersey General Assembly State and Local Government Committee on June 17, 2020.] I am not an expert in voter access law or the mechanics of election administration. I do know something about voter motivation and behavior. So that’s what I will address today […]

Blog: Trump Job Rating “Bump” in Context

March 26, 2020

By Patrick Murray Fact 1: Donald Trump’s job rating is at an all-time high. Fact 2: Donald Trump has not received the same approval “bump” as past presidents in a crisis. Recent shifts in the president’s job approval have been met with “either alarms or fist pumps,” as one reporter put it to me. But […]

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PolitickerNJ.com

Monmouth University’s Patrick Murray combines a pollster’s fixation on numbers with gut-level understanding of New Jersey politics to once again accurately call a race that many in the political establishment thought too close to accurately predict. (June 7, 2012)

SuperStorm Sandy Broadcast

Besides exposure on political topics, Patrick Murray, Monmouth University Polling Institute Director, is tapped to discuss results of the diverse set of polls conducted annually.

Leading Center for Survey Research

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.”

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