TRENTON — A new poll finds New Jerseyans have strong feelings about their blunt-talking governor. In the Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind Poll out today, one-quarter of New Jerseyans strongly approve of the job Gov. Chris Christie is doing. An equal number strongly disapprove. Overall, 49 percent give Christie a thumbs up, compared to 39 percent who give his job performance a...
Nearly 50 percent of voters polled approve of the job Governor Chris Christie is doing. Less than 40 percent feel otherwise.TRENTON — A new poll finds New Jerseyans have strong feelings about their blunt-talking governor.
In the Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind Poll out today, one-quarter of New Jerseyans strongly approve of the job Gov. Chris Christie is doing. An equal number strongly disapprove.
Overall, 49 percent give Christie a thumbs up, compared to 39 percent who give his job performance a thumbs down.
The Republican governor fares better in the poll than his nemesis, the largest state teachers union. Just under 40 percent think favorably of the New Jersey Education Association; about the same number have a negative view.
The telephone poll of 804 registered voters was conducted Nov. 15-21 and has a sampling error margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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