Chris Christie has a 50% approval rating in NJ

[LeftyAndProud60]

how is this possible?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I ponder that every day.

[Beacool]

2. Beats me

And I live in the state........

:shrug:

[WolfoftheWild]

3. could you provide a link for that, at least?

[LeftyAndProud60]

4. Why can't you just take my word for it or Google it? I'm not lying. NT

[CreekDog]

6. because you never post links for anything you say

and most of us do, at least most of us do most of the time.

[LeftyAndProud60]

7. Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! Not you again nt

[CreekDog]

15. good answer

:rofl:

[customerserviceguy]

8. It's not 50%

It's 55%. At least according to this site:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/09/chris-christies-approval-ratings-rise-in-new-jersey/

Who is the Daily Caller? Beats me, but this is a Quinnipiac poll being cited, it's probably not a cooked up story.

I know, many here wonder why this is the case, but I work customer service in NJ, and a lot of people expressed positive things about Christie right after his election. The only people who mention him any more are those who indicate that they work for the state.

That's why the protests against state cutbacks have to stay civil and nonviolent, or they risk having a backlash effect. You've got to get the mushy middle on your side, and not look like the crazed lunatic fringe, or the reich wing will exploit that behavior.

[calimary]

9. The Daily Caller is little tucker carlson's attempt at playing Huffington Post.

Completely slanted as you'd expect.

[customerserviceguy]

28. Thanks, I had never heard of it

But was he cooking the figures from this poll, or not?

[karynnj]

30. The Daily Caller is on the right

As to Quinnipac, it is an established polling firm, but it has a consistent bias towards Republicans in NJ. It was the ONLY poll that showed that NJ would be close for Kerry in 2004 - which was completely wrong. They showed a narrow race for Corzine for Governor in 2005 - and he won VERY easily and they showed Kean, jr beating Menendez. All of these were off by a pretty big margin.

But, Christie HAS polled around 50 in all polls. I am hoping that just like when he was Morris County freeholder, his favorability will continue to decline. As freeholder, he lost the support of the Republicans.

In a recent poll, he was tied with Corey Booker, Mayor of Newark, in spite of Booker not having near the name recognition.

[customerserviceguy]

31. Again, thanks for the clarification

Had no idea I was on a Tucker Carlson site, I guess I didn't see the bow tie! I just wanted to find something quickly to put up for the person responding to the OP that there was no link to anything. I suppose if I had spent a bit more time on it, I could have found a more neutral site that said the same thing.

If I recall correctly, the reason that Christie lost some Repuke support in NJ is that he was not reich-wing enough for them. When you get about an hour away from NYC, NJ looks like any other part of flyover country. If I recall correctly, the far right was supporting Steve Lonegan, who makes Jesse Helms look like Jesse Jackson.

In the poll that you cited, was it a poll pitting Christie vs. Booker in a head-to-head race for governor, or just showing that the two simply had similar favorability ratings? Booker really got a lift when that Zuckerberg kid decided to blow some billions on Newark's school system, he was featured on many national TV programs, and the local news affiliates ran snippets of that footage. Booker's gotten a really big boost in name recognition, lately, that has allowed him to catch up.

[karynnj]

32. I was speaking of when he lost support on the freeholder board

in my county - and it was because of his personality.

The Booker/Christie poll was a head to head poll. They did measure name recognition - and though I agree that Booker has gotten press - all of it good, his name recognition was lower. (I decided not to be lazy and found it - it was done by PPP, which is a liberal firm, but its track record is good - in fact, in 2010, it was often less good for us than other polls.


Both Christie and Booker would win 42 percent of the vote, according to the poll by liberal-leaning firm Public Policy Polling.

Booker, who is unknown to 38 percent of the state, has a 46 percent approval rating, and just a 16 percent disapproval rating, the poll found.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/politics/011311_Poll_Christie_Booker_race_for_governor_too_close_to_call.html

Another report that I had read spoke of there being more undecided Democrats - most of whom did not know of Booker. To me, this suggests the results are likely to favor Booker if he continues to get the kind of attention he has.

[customerserviceguy]

34. Well, there's negative attention, too

Like I said, you get an hour away from NYC, and NJ is a whole different place. In that place, all you have to do is connect Booker to Newark, and you'll have a lot of people who would automatically discount him for that.

Still, it is interesting, and we're going to have to see how it all plays out in 2013. I expect that the 2012 election will have an influence, just like the 2008 election did.

[karynnj]

36. I live about an hour west of NYC in NJ

Booker gave a well received speech, which I missed, at a local Jewish Center. I have phone banked and canvased in many parts of Morris County. This is a HIGHLY Republican county - lots of old money Republicans in the wealthier parts of the county.

[FBaggins]

33. There are a number of polls with slightly different numbers.

They vary, but the message is still the same as the OP's... it's higher than a progressive should be comfortable seeing (particularly in NJ).

Doesn't mean that it will last. Some of the decisions may not "hurt" yet.

[ProSense]

5. Well, Obama's is five points higher than that

Maybe the polls lean Republicans.

Christie is a major-league asshole.

[impik]

10. America is stupid. Get use to it.

[rasputin1952]

11. The higher he climbs, the more painful the fall...

Christie is an idiot...the only reason he would be that high is because of the self-depreciating "humor" he portrays.

I wish he would run for the GOP nomination and win...that would be a fantastic gift for us...almost everyone, (outside of the people polled), see this oaf as a simplistic baboon...:D

[a kennedy]

12. that's right, everyone loves a funny fat man.....

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[CTyankee]

17. Even Mika B. on Morning Joe today was getting skeptical of his popularity.

She said that Christie was doing schtick and she wanted to see more substantive words than his schtick. That's the first time I've seen her be in the least critical of Christie.

[rasputin1952]

27. I know people in NJ that hate his guts...

If there is polling that shows him "up", they polled a select group...;)

[bigdarryl]

13. I live in NJ polling is notoriously bad with all the screwing he's doing to retired state workers

800,000 exactly and current employees I'm not buying these polls the whole state work force here could determine the next Governor election in NJ. I bet the next NJ Governors election will be very close

[JustAnotherGen]

23. Me either

And I think he needs to keep his ass at home and do his job. Running off to other states shows the high level of disregard he has for the people in his own state.

[Vinca]

14. I'm really worried this slob will be our next POTUS.

The dumbing down of America continues.

[Kber]

16. Good lord I hope not..

Let's just say he doesn't just play dumb for the cameras.

[WI_DEM]

18. I'll be very worried if Scott Walker's approval rating in WI is over 50%

[tallahasseedem]

19. I wonder if they over-sampled...

Northern Jersey people. I don't think he's too popular here in South Jersey. UGH!

[tabbycat31]

25. he's popular in central jersey

ugh

[Jennicut]

20. Its NJ. They dabble with idiot governors from both parties. Happy to live over in Connecticut.

We have Dan Malloy. They have Chris Christie. Two governors who couldn't be more different.

[Enthusiast]

21. It is a mystery.

I find the fat fuck disgusting. He also has a hugely inflated ego.

[JustAnotherGen]

22. They aren't

Polling us Dems. . . that's why. We tend to be cell phone owners only , and mobile/on the go. They're calling the little old biddies and Red Bank and they like Dough Boy. That simple.

[tabbycat31]

24. you obviously have not been to my county

We are an older county (but the one just south of me is worse) and when it comes to education, most of these people's kids are grown and gone, and they have an "I got mine screw you" mentality.

They could care less about funding public schools cause their kids have graduated years ago. All they care about is their property taxes and seem to fail to see that good schools are good for the whole community.

[jenmito]

29. Hey...

I see in your profile you're from Bradley Beach. I lived there from the age of 12 to 24!

[BeyondGeography]

26. And 98% with the MSM

:silly:

[apocalypsehow]

35. People like to think they're being "talked straight" to even if they're not. This is the Christie

phenomenon, but I doubt his shtick will sell forever: eventually, you have to come up with results, not talk.

[LeftyAndProud60]

37. They were talking about this guy on Hardball. Some people believe he could beat Obama.

I don't get it.

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