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If Chris Christie decides to seek the Republican Party\u2019s presidential nomination in 2024, he might not be able to rely on his home state for support, a new poll suggests.<\/p>\n
Christie, who ran for president in 2016 and served two terms as New Jersey\u2019s governor before being ousted by term limits, faces a 64% unfavorable rating from voters in his home state, according to a Monmouth University poll that was released Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Christie left a lasting impression on New Jersey. Nearly every New Jerseyan still has an opinion of him,” Patrick Murray, director of the university\u2019s independent poll institute, said in a statement. “The problem is those opinions tend to be fairly negative.”<\/p>\n
“Christie left a lasting impression on New Jersey. Nearly every New Jerseyan still has an opinion of him. The problem is those opinions tend to be fairly negative.”<\/p>\n
A full 70% of respondents said they believed Christie would not make a good president, while 60% hoped he wouldn\u2019t run in 2024 versus only 10% who said they hoped he would.<\/p>\n
Christie\u2019s time in office included the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal, in which some Christie staffers and appointees were accused of plotting a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge as revenge against a political rival; his 2017 decision to close state beaches as part of a government shutdown \u2013 only to be spotted with his family as they had a beach all to themselves; and chronic problems with NJ Transit, the state operator of buses and passenger trains.<\/p>\n
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\n Frequent problems with NJ Transit trains and buses was a problem for Republican Chris Christie during his time as New Jersey’s governor.\n <\/p>\n
Despite Christie\u2019s weak numbers, his 64% unfavorable rating was actually an improvement over his 71% unfavorable rating in the same poll in 2018, Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n
Christie also ranks as the least popular of the state\u2019s living former governors, a list that includes Republicans Tom Kean Sr. and Christine Todd Whitman and Democrats Jon Corzine and James Florio.<\/p>\n
New Jersey\u2019s governor\u2019s office is currently occupied by Democrat Phil Murphy, who defeated GOP nominee Kim Guadagno in 2017. Guadagno had been Christie\u2019s lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n
In an appearance Tuesday on the “Ruthless” podcast, Christie said his 2024 decision would not depend on whatever former President Trump decides to do \u2013 and he took a swipe at former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the process.<\/p>\n
Haley, a Republican former governor of South Carolina and another possible contender for the GOP\u2019s 2024 presidential nomination, had said she would not run if Trump were to pursue another term in the White House.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m not going to defer to anyone,” Christie said.<\/p>\n