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Quinnipiac: New Jersey Voters Don’t Want Toll Increases, Want More Women In Elected Office, OK With Muslim Judge

It seems weird to me that a pollster would release a study with issues as diverse as voters attitudes to Port Authority’s proposed toll and fare increases, the sexual proclivities of office holders and whether a Muslim Judge can do his job, but that is exactly what the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute did this morning.

New Jersey voters do not support Port Authority raising tolls.  The only surprise here is that even people who don’t use the Hudson River crossings or Path Trains don’t support the tolls any more than the people who pay the tolls.  17% of voters favor the toll increases, 38% do not, and 43% haven’t heard enough about them. 

54% of New Jersey voters think there should be more women office holders.  80% think that male office holders are more likely than women to be involved in sex scandals.  We needed a poll for that?

71% of voters were unaware that Governor Christie appointed a Muslim to the bench in Passaic County Superior Court. 65% think Judge Mohammed’s religion will not effect his job performance.

If Quinnipiac asked if Muslim male judges are more or less likely to be involved in sex scandals than non-Muslim male judges, they didn’t report the results.

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Posted: August 18th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | 3 Comments »

3 Comments on “Quinnipiac: New Jersey Voters Don’t Want Toll Increases, Want More Women In Elected Office, OK With Muslim Judge”

  1. Bob English said at 10:43 am on August 18th, 2011:

    Gov. Chris Christie’s passionate words defending his choice of Sohail Mohammed to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court are very noteworthy and very deserving of praise. Mr. Mohammed, an American citizen who happens to be Muslim, is very highly regarded by Governor Christie. His appointment to the court by the Governor was heavily criticized by the “crazies” as the Governor called them. They had claimed that Mr. Mohammed would rely upon Sharia law, which is the religious law of Islam, in rendering decisions from the bench.

    The Governor referred to that criticism of Mr. Mohammed as “ignorance” and he is 100% correct. What made the Governor’s words even more noteworthy is the fact that some of the “crazies” who would treat Muslim-Americans differently from people that practice other faiths include at least two members of his own political party who are presidential candidates as well as several others who are serving in the United States Congress.

    I’m proud that the Governor of our state feels this way and am glad that he said so in public for all to hear, including the “crazies.” You can see and hear the governor’s words here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y83z552NJaw

  2. Had Enough said at 5:25 pm on August 18th, 2011:

    Hijacking jet airliners and flying them into buildings, or cutting people’s heads off, is pretty “crazy” too IMHO.

    Just sayin’…..

  3. Former Christie Supporter said at 5:25 pm on August 20th, 2011:

    Thanks to these new Christie-approved toll increases, a trucker in 2015 will pay $90 just to cross the George Washington (GW) bridge. (The current toll is $40 for an 18 wheeler to cross the GW.) Christie is increasing these tolls 125% over 4 years. These higher tolls –road taxes, to be sure — will certainly hurt small businesses (e.g., independent truck drivers). These toll increases (aka tax increases) will hurt working families.

    Truckers insulted by 125 percent tax increase in NY-NJ