file this under “No Sh$t ” Sherlock , the USA has been in a catastrophic recession since 2008 , your noticing this now???
Analysis: Top issues among N.J. voters largely avoided in governor’s race
Monday July 8, 2013, 10:30 PM
BY MELISSA HAYES AND JOHN REITMEYER
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Standing in the center of a crowded and stuffy high school gymnasium in Sussex County late last month, Governor Christie said that New Jerseyans, by voting for Republicans in November, can “really send a message” to Democrats in the Legislature who have yet to embrace his income-tax credit.
His Democratic opponent for governor, state Sen. Barbara Buono, has been using a different issue to try to galvanize supporters. She argues that Christie isn’t the moderate he appears to be, citing his veto last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry in New Jersey.
Yet New Jersey voters don’t really care that much about either of those issues, recent statewide polls have shown. Nor do they appear to care much about the state’s recovery from Superstorm Sandy, which Christie emphasized in the weeks leading up to the July 4 holiday, or about funding for women’s health care, a priority of Buono’s.
Instead, the economy, jobs and New Jersey’s sky-high property tax bills are what voters tell pollsters they want to hear more about as they prepare to decide one of only two gubernatorial contests being held in the United States this year.
So why are the two candidates largely ignoring the issues foremost on the minds of New Jersey voters?