Christie: The Media Made My Poll Numbers Go So Low

Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 3/24/15 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie holds a town-hall meeting at the Hanover Township Community Center in Whippany, NJ
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), a potential presidential candidate in 2016, on Monday placed blame on the media for his low approval ratings.

During an interview with NJ101.5 radio’s “Ask the Governor,” Christie dismissed the hit he has taken in the polls since the Bridgegate scandal broke.

“If you’re going to have relentlessly negative coverage from the media, it’s going to affect your poll numbers,” Christie said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Christie’s approval ratings sunk to the lowest of any governor this year in an April Quinnipiac poll. Fifty-six percent of New Jersey voters said they disapproved of the job Christie is doing, while just 38 percent said they approved.

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  1. No introversion here.

  2. If only the press would stop covering the fact that he is an incompetent corrupt sleaze, and a bully he would be the GOP front runner today.

  3. Avatar for lew lew says:

    Ah, yes the media. That explains it. It couldn’t be because you’re a shameless, egotistical ball of narcissistic corruption, bent on destroying the American way of life.

  4. The media should lay off. I do not want to be deprived of the spectacle of at least 20 lame, disingenuous, bought and paid for clowns up on the “debate” stage. Furda move his honor has the capacity to anchor the entire ensemble and prevent it from being blown away should a hurricane strike.

  5. Avatar for pine pine says:

    No Governor the electorate aren’t stupid,that’s what causing your downfall and your actions.

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