Fifty-three percent of New Jerseyans approve of Gov. Chris Christie’s handling of the state budget, Quinnipiac University finds in a new poll. Here are some more points:
56 – 38 percent support layoffs for state workers. Democrats oppose layoffs 53 – 40 percent and voters with a union member in the household oppose layoffs 53 – 44 percent.
65 – 24 percent for furloughs for state workers, including 61 – 25 percent among Democrats and 61 – 28 percent in union households.
77 – 20 percent for wage freezes for state workers, including 72 – 23 percent among Democrats and 64 – 34 percent in union households.
66 – 29 percent for reducing pensions for new state workers, including 56 – 39 percent among Democrats and 57 – 42 percent in union households.
But some conservative education reforms are less popular:
68 – 27 percent in favor of merit pay for teachers who do an outstanding job;
62 – 30 percent in favor of limiting teacher tenure;
52 – 43 percent against school vouchers;
50 – 41 percent against charter schools.
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