1st District Voters Split On Assembly Race, Immigration Directive

GALLOWAY, NJ — A Stockton University Poll reveals close results regarding the 1st District State Assembly election and the New Jersey attorney general's immigration directive.

The poll, released Thursday, also shows Democrat Bob Andrzejczak holding a double-digit lead over Republican Mike Testa in the district's state senate race. Andrzejczak is head of Testa 53 percent to 39 percent, with 8 percent undecided or not expressing a choice, according to the poll.

The Stockton Polling Institute of the Hughes Center at Stockton University interviewed 500 adult residents of the 1st District who were screened as likely voters. Poll workers from the Stockton campus called landline and cell phones from Oct. 15-21.

The district covers areas in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. The poll’s margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points — a figure to keep in mind with the closest polls.

Democratic State Assembly candidates Bruce Land and Matthew Milam held a slight lead over Republican opponents Erik Simonsen and Antwan McClellan. McLellan is an Ocean City councilman.

Land topped the field with 27 percent, while Milam polled at 26 percent. McLellan and Simonsen each received 22 percent. Democrats currently hold the district's senate seat and both assembly positions.

“With state legislative elections the top race on the ballot this year, turnout is expected by many to be low, which tends to favor the slightly better-known incumbents,” said John Froonjian, interim executive director of the Hughes Center. “The Democrats have almost twice as much in campaign funding available heading into the final weeks of the campaign, given them another potential advantage.”

A slight majority of 51 percent oppose state efforts to limit the ways local law enforcement can assist federal immigration officials.

Here are some additional poll results:

• Forty percent called Governor Phil Murphy's job performance poor. Thirty-one percent called it excellent or good.
• Fifty percent said President Donald Trump's job performance has been poor. Thirty-eight percent called it excellent or good.
• Forty-eight percent oppose the House of Representatives's impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, while 47 percent support it.

Click here for full poll results.

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