Bridge Scandal Takes Toll On Christie's National Ratings, But Not Among Republicans

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Bridge Scandal Takes Toll On Christie's National Ratings, But Not Among Republicans

by Emily Swanson at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/chris-christie-scandal-poll_n_5083747.html

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The national spotlight on Chris Christie as a result of the "bridgegate" scandal is now hurting the New Jersey governor's national ratings, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows. But among fellow Republicans, Christie's ratings are almost entirely unchanged.

Forty-five percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Christie, while 34 percent have a favorable opinion. In an earlier HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted in January, only 34 percent said that they had an unfavorable view of the New Jersey governor, while 38 percent had a favorable view.


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As of the most recent poll, 10 percent of Republicans say they will definitely support Christie in the 2016 Republican primaries, while another 32 percent say they will consider supporting him and 26 percent say they won't consider supporting him -- again, unchanged since the January poll. Another 28 percent say it's too soon to say.

The latest poll also found an increasing percentage of Americans say Christie is lying when he claims he didn't know about his staff's involvement in causing the bridge traffic, up from 25 percent in the January poll to 36 percent now. Twenty-eight percent of respondents in the new poll say they think Christie is telling the truth, similar to the 26 percent who said so in January. And 54 percent say they've heard a lot about the bridge scandal, up from 43 percent in January.



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[BeyondGeography]

1. Bless their hearts

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2. Hopefully it means the centrists are less likely to vote for Christie. Especially were he up

against Hillary Clinton.

[BeyondGeography]

3. I see him drowning in the Jebnami way before then

But, hey, it's the Republicans.

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5. What on earth is Jebnami? Even google couldn't help me.

[BeyondGeography]

7. The Jeb tsunami

My bad.

[Cha]

8. ..

[Cha]

10. ..

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12. LOL Cha. You find the best stuff.

[Cha]

13. FB is a treasure trove of political zingers.. and I was just thinking that

napkinz finds the best stuff..

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[Cha]

15. :P

[Skittles]

4. bulllying, lying, corruption is GOP SOP

yes INDEED

[G_j]

6. screwing ordinary people and making them suffer

what could be wrong with that?

[idendoit]

9. With Christie it's a win, win, win in GOP thuggery.

[Cha]

11. Ya think?

[B Calm]

14. I hope they run him for POTUS, LOL!

[Dawson Leery]

16. This is the post-Reagan Republican party.

No surprise they like a dictatorial thug.