Majority Of NJ Voters Say Chris Christie Should Resign
Source: TPM
A majority of New Jerseys registered voters said Gov. Chris Christie (R) should resign from his post as he ramps up his presidential campaign, according to a poll released Thursday.
Fifty-four percent of voters want Christie to step down while 41 percent said he should continue to run New Jersey as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination, according to the poll from Rutgers-Eagleton. But when voters were told about efforts by the Democratic legislature to oust the governor, 45 percent said Christie should be "forced" to resign whereas 52 percent said he should remain in his post.
This comes after Wednesdays poll from Rutgers-Eagleton that said more than half of New jersey residents would describe Christie as arrogant and would not describe him as presidential.
The poll was conducted among 867 New Jersey residents, 757 of whom were registered voters, by live interviews on landlines and cell phones from July 25 to August 1. (This was before the first Republican presidential debate.) The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percent. The questions were asked in English and Spanish.
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)He's not going to Washington DC, that's for sure.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)now shut up and finish it.
Kber
(5,043 posts)Otherwise nothing will ever get better.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)With his public approval too unfavorable for being elected to a federal office, he will have to construct a ramp to his next job. Likely, in his last week as governor, he will appoint himself to the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority. In the 6-year term as a commissioner, he can skim enough money to retire comfortably.
Gothmog
(145,839 posts)EEO
(1,620 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)Chris here,
Polls are not the same as america's favorite pass time ,nothing about those numbers is lasting . There is no win, lose or draw in a poll. I believe what Rudy told me, it's about polarity ,not polls. The number that counts is the number that rings the bell.
Some folks have that number on speed dial.