While the argument is often made that transit funding (and Amtrak) are unfairly skewed to the east coast (and then somewhat to the west coast), it is important to remember two things:

1) The largest urban areas (cities, suburbs, exurbs) are where the majority of the US population and tax payers actually live.

2) The states with the largest cities are all paying more to the Federal government than they are getting back, while small population states like Wyoming get more in Federal spending than they contribute.

Thus - folks in NJ supporting Amtrak is not an unfair poll to consider.