Monmouth University Polling Institute

National Poll

Biden Maintains Lead

Most voters agree it is time for Sanders to bow out

April 9, 2020

National Poll

Fed Govt Not Helping States Enough; Trump Rating, Public Confidence Down

Fauci most trusted official on COVID-19 crisis

April 8, 2020

National Poll

Tight Race for President

Decrease in voters who say their finances are improving

March 24, 2020

National Poll

Governors Get High Marks for Handling COVID-19 Crisis

Majority feel major impact; slight uptick in Trump job rating

March 23, 2020

Arizona Poll

State Takes on a Purple Hue; Partisans Divided Over Coronavirus

Kelly leads McSally in Senate race

March 16, 2020

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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 […]

Blog: Should We Reform the Presidential Nomination Process?

March 12, 2020

by Vincent Grassi, Monmouth University Polling Institute Intern The process by which the Democratic Party chooses its presidential nominee has faced increased scrutiny this election cycle, especially after a flop at the Iowa caucuses. One argument has been that the first two states that hold a caucus or primary, Iowa and New Hampshire, do not […]

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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)

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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.

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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.”

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