Nearly two-thirds of New Jersey voters want Gov. Chris Christie to drop out of the presidential contest and return to the Garden State, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday.
Sixty-one percent of all voters surveyed said Christie should drop out, compared to the 33 percent who said he should remain in the race.
This poll was started one day before Fox Business Network announced the debate stage line-ups, which put Christie back in the undercard debate, but was completed days after.
Among Republican voters in New Jersey, 40 percent said he should leave the race compared to the 53 percent who said Christie should remain in the race.
But when Christie’s name is put among the 15 people running for the Republican nomination, he is in a distant fourth place among New Jersey voters. Businessman Donald Trump was the top choice at 31 percent.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson polled at 16 percent, followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 15 percent.
Christie polled at 8 percent. He was trailed closely by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 7 percent.
In an August poll of New Jersey residents by Rutgers-Eagleton, 54 percent said Christie should leave the governor’s mansion if he continued to run for President.
The poll was conducted among 1,456 voters, 481 of whom are Republicans, in the Garden State from Nov. 4 to 8 by live interviews by cell phone and landlines. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.6 for all voters and 4.5 percent for Republicans.
They’re just being selfish. They want Chris all to themselves.
So much love.
I think a lot of people are pleased as piss that this boor is going nowhere fast. Malfeasance shouldn’t be rewarded. Good riddance, bridge-burner.
The other one third want him to stay as far away as possible.
TPM might have buried the lede. It’s where they want him to go after dropping out thats important.