FDU Poll: Even SALT Deduction Can’t Save Trump Budget Support in NJ

While the recently passed federal budget accomplishes a major goal of New Jersey’s congressional delegation by increasing the federal SALT deduction cap, the bill overall is viewed unfavorably by most voters, and the temporary tax cut doesn’t do much to change that. According to the latest results from the FDU Poll, voters also hold middling views of NJ Transit, with the average New Jersey voters awarding it a C.

“The hope was that putting in the SALT deduction would make the budget bill more palatable to voters,” said Dan Cassino, a Professor of Government and Politics at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the Executive Director of the FDU Poll. “But even voters who are going to get a tax cut from this bill don’t seem to like it.”

While the budget bill had a number of…