Posted on 08/21/2013 8:33:06 AM PDT by cotton1706
I know, I know -- he’s still winning by 20 percentage points. But still:
Gov. Chris Christie's lead in his race for re-election is shrinking, according to a new poll.
The Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll, released today, shows Christie still leads Democratic challenger Barbara Buono 56 to 36 percent among likely voters — a 20-point advantage.
But that's a 10-point drop from Monmouth's last poll in June.
Still, Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said it won't be enough for Buono to win.
"The trend suggests that New Jersey Democrats are coming back home," Murray said. "But it's not quite enough for Buono to overcome Christie's sizable advantage among independents." Nah, I didn’t think so. Barbara Buono, meanwhile, has sought to portray her opponent as an exceedingly ambitious man more fixated on running for president in 2016 than governing the Garden State for the next four years. But has the strategy paid off? No, not really:
Buono's campaign has also criticized Christie for being more concerned about his possible presidential run than his role as governor. The poll shows that 19 percent of voters say Christie is definitely running for the White House and 60 percent say he is probably going to run.
"Convincing more voters that Gov. Christie has his eyes set on the White House may narrow the gap for Buono, but is unlikely to close it," Murray said. Indeed. Of course, nothing is certain in politics, but Governor Christie is about as well positioned as any incumbent governor (running for re-election) could possibly hope to be. Why? Because 21 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of Independents already support his candidacy, that’s why. (Remember, New Jersey is as blue a state as they come). And while he might lose some supporters as Election Day draws closer, he’s nevertheless sitting pretty with an enormous lead. By comparison, only 5 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of Independents support his challenger, Barbara Buono, although most Democrats are firmly in her camp already. In other words, these are enormous deficits to overcome in a just few short months. Can she even do it, I wonder?
I guess we’ll know soon enough.
Now lets dump Paul Ryan.
Nobody is going to win Governor of NJ by 30 points.
Unless they go to prison a week before the election.
I have to admit, seeing the media’s new RINO golden boy go down in flames would have a certain charm. However, it would also give the media a reason to gloat about how things are so bad for the Republican party not even a “good Republican” like Christie can win anymore.
The race always get closer the nearer you are to election day.
I don't really see a downside.
“Christie’s Enormous”
You can say that again.
There is no downside. I’d rather see conservatives write somebody in than vote for Christie. He’s become disgustingly political and his bluster has lost its shine.
This is why he called for a special election for Corey Booker’s coronation.
I’d vote for Buono. Anything to derail this RINO slob’s national momentum.
Proverbs 26:11 : As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
I sure as hell am staying home. Moving to SW Florida next year anyway so I really don’t care. No brainer where to retire — stay here at the Jersey shore paying taxes of $9,000 per year or Lee County Florida paying $920 in taxes per year.
I hear property insurance in Fla. is a real booger though.
its NJ. What do you expect? Christie could have rebuilt every home destroyed by Sandy personally and the owners of those homes would have thanked him and praised him. Then the very same people will promptly march right into the voting booth and obey their NJ liberal programming and pull the lever for the democrat. The emotional training in NJ, as in all Northeast states, runs deep.
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