Three more polls Christie can be unhappy about

More than 40 percent of New Jersey voters don’t see Chris Christie as presidential material. A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll of registered voters showed 44 percent say “presidential” does not describe the governor while 29 percent think it does somewhat and 14 percent said “very well.”

“Negative perceptions of Christie continue to inch up, with “arrogant” (58 percent very, 25 percent somewhat), “self-centered” (52 percent very, 24 percent somewhat), and “bully” (49 percent very, 25 percent somewhat) reaching new highs. Two-thirds continue to describe Christie as very “stubborn,” (another 22 percent, somewhat). Forty-four percent think “impulsive” is very fitting; 28 percent say somewhat,” according to a news release.
“Views on Christie’s character go hand-in-hand with his falling ratings here in the Garden State and are undoubtedly, at least in part, an expression of New Jerseyans’ feelings about his presidential run,” said Ashley Koning, assistant director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University. “Christie receives no character boost from his official 2016 announcement over a month ago and has yet to recover from post-Bridgegate fallout, which has spurred double-digit shifts in perceptions of him since the overwhelmingly positive responses he drew between Sandy and his re-election in 2013.”

A new Public Policy Polling survey found Christie the biggest loser with Iowa voters after Sen. Rand Paul.