Poll: More NJ Residents Have Negative View Of Gov. Chris Christie, Who Vows To Never Seek Office There Again
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - A new poll finds more state residents have a negative view of Republican Gov. Chris Christie for the first time since August 2011.
The Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released Tuesday finds that only 42 percent of registered voters have a favorable view of the governor and 45 percent have an unfavorable view. That's a seven-point drop in two months.
David Redlawsk, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, says it's the lowest favorability rating recorded since Christie took office. He says the poll shows that Christie is losing support after having rebounded following the George Washington Bridge scandal.
The poll of 842 New Jersey residents contacted on landlines and cellphones from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
Meanwhile, Christie told the New Jersey NAACP he would "rather die" than run for office in New Jersey again.
Christie spoke to the group for the first time in five years Saturday, CBS News reported.
"When I say I'm never running for public office in New Jersey again, I mean: I'm never running for public office in New Jersey again. The only job left for me to run for is United States Senate, and let me just say this: I would rather die than be in the United States Senate," Christie said.
"I would be bored to death," he added. "Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it. It would be over, everybody. You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it."
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