Poll: Christie deficit against Clinton jumps to 21 points

The Hill ^ | February 11, 2014, 02:53 pm | Mario Trujillo

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) saw his deficit in a 2016 presidential matchup against Hillary Clinton balloon to 21 points, according to a new national poll. 

A Marist-McClatchy poll released Tuesday found 58 percent of people would support Hillary Clinton in a general election race, while 37 percent would support Christie. 

Christie’s poll numbers have been struggling since revelations that a staffer in his administration had a hand in the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year. The state legislature and the U.S. attorney in New Jersey are looking into the closures. 

The new poll shows his ratings have sunk even lower after subsequent allegations from a port authority official that Christie knew about the closures while they were ongoing, contrary to previous statements. 

Christie has denied any involvement in the closures. 

Shortly after the initial scandal broke, a similar McClatchy poll found him trailing Clinton by 13 points. That number has increased to 21 points four weeks later. 

The number of people who believe Christie is telling the truth about having no involvement in the scandal is about the same as last month, at 47 percent. But the number of people who believe he is lying has shot up 15 percent, meaning some who were undecided have now come out against him.  

He fares worse against Clinton in a general-election race than every other potential candidate polled, except former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. 

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) trails Clinton in a hypothetical matchup by 8 points — 44 percent to 52 percent. 

Other potential rivals — including GOP Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Ted Cruz (Texas), former Gov. Arkansas Mike Huckabee and Palin — trail by double-digit margins. Palin trails Clinton by 27 points. 

Christie continues to top the field of Republicans in a potential 2016 GOP primary with 13 percent, with Huckabee matching that number. 

The poll surveyed 1,197 people last week and holds a 2.8-percent margin of error. 

Despite his dropping poll numbers, Christie has led the Republican Governors Association to its largest January fundraising total yet, bringing in $6 million, the group announced. Christie is the chairman of the group.  

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[Baynative]

SO what? Christie is last week’s meatball.

[twister881]

What’s to choose? Both are unfit for the office, same as the current occupant.

[Mr. Blond]

Let’s keep pushing this dead horse until the primaries, then pull a bait & switch. Keep the media hounds off of our real candidates.

[lonestar]

Bridge Gate is more important than Benghazi.

Neither would be a good POTUS.

[SoConPubbie]

Good riddance to BAD Rubbish!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Poll: Christie deficit against Clinton jumps to 21 points

I despise the 'Beast, but if the alternative is Gov Tubbo (0bama's buttboy), I'm going fishing on election day!

[VRW Conspirator]

Whatever.

[cdcdawg]

Maybe the media will take out the RINOs for us. I can dream.

[2ndDivisionVet]

How are the other Democrats fairing?

[bicyclerepair]

It’s like we’re in bizzaro world.

These two? Really?

Nobody cares who saul alinsky was.

[onyx]

PLEASE Make Your Donation!

[Trueblackman]

New Jersey’s butterball is melting under the heat! This is great as we don’t need anymore establishment moderates that lose tot he like of Obama and KKKlinton.

[DJ Taylor]

What difference, at this point, does it make?

[WeatherGuy]

Dumbass media doesn’t realize they’re doing conservatism a favor.

[doc1019]

I don’t think anybody was taking his possible nomination seriously. Nobody wanted this fat ass rino running except the dems.

[SoFloFreeper]

I am wholly uninterested in either one.

[ElkGroveDan]

Christie deficit against Clinton jumps to 21 points

I have an idea. Hillary can run against him for Governor of New Jersey, and competent candidates can run for President.

[Theodore R.]

He may not have known it, but Christie was a stalking horse for Jebbie to begin with.

[Kickass Conservative]

Dear Governor Christie, you should have killed four people.

Everyone knows that tying up Traffic, like Obama does here in CA every time he attends a Fundraiser, is worse.

Problem is Governor, you are no Obama. He could drown Kittens on live TV without any blowback from his Friends in the Media.