On Saturday, Corzine drew on some Democratic star power, with U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy joining him for a morning labor union rally in Paramus. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean also campaigned across the state to raise support for the party.
Corzine and Forrester — both multimillionaires — have already spent a combined $70 million on the race, making it the most pricey in state history. And while the issues ostensibly are combatting high property taxes and political corruption, the money itself has mostly gone toward negative television advertising.
With the election only days away, new polls indicate the race is becoming tighter as well as more vicious. A Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind poll released Friday indicated the race was too close to call and that favorable ratings of both candidates were declining.
The latest WNBC/Marist poll out Saturday night found Corzine was favored by 48 percent while Forrester was backed by 42 percent, with 10 percent undecided. The sampling for this poll was done Thursday and Friday.
That came one day after WNBC/Marist showed the race had tightened between Wednesday and Thursday as the new Forrester ad debuted, with the senator's apparent lead trimmed to show the two men about even on Thursday. About three-quarters of registered voters told WNBC/Marist they felt the ad was unfair and about the same number said it would make no difference in their decisions Tuesday.
A WNBC/Marist poll showed a change between Wednesday and Thursday as the new Forrester ad debuted, with the senator's apparent lead trimmed to show the two men about even on Thursday. About three-quarters of registered voters told WNBC/Marist they felt the ad was unfair and about the same number said it would make no difference in their decisions Tuesday.
The most recent Quinnipiac University poll puts Corzine's lead at 12 percentage points.
Corzine and Forrester both had big plans for Sunday.
Corzine planned to campaign across the state with popular Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. The two were to begin their day attending services at Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton before attending rallies in five cities: West Long Branch, Edison, Newark, Paterson and Hackensack.
Forrester, who campaigned with former Gov. Tom Kean on Saturday, planned to meet with voters at several sites across the state before ending his day at a rally in Monmouth County. |
