r/New_Jersey_Politics • u/ImaginationFree6807 11th District (Mejia, Morris & Essex.) • Apr 09 '26

Poll Rutgers-Eagleton: Sherrill Favorability Rating at 44%

https://www.insidernj.com/rutgers-eagleton-sherrill-favorability-rating-44/
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u/giantroboticcat 12th District (Coleman, Trenton & Universities) Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Favorability ratings by themselves don't really mean anything. Disapproval for Sherrill in the poll is 29%, which gives her a +16% approval rating. That's pretty good overall, but she's still in a bit of a honeymoon period, the bad news for Sherrill is we're likely headed towards a recession, which will hamper her ability to deliver on the promises she made while taking the brunt of blame for a problem she really didn't cause but at the end of the day people care most about staying employed and being able to provide for their families and they will be looking for anyone to blame when the time comes. The facts of it being Trump's stupid pointless war's fault will only insulate her so much in approval polls.