When the Chris Christie-for-president chatter first started, in 2011, voters in his home state of New Jersey took pride in having a celebrity governor. … Voters told pollsters the national attention made him more effective, and improved their state’s long-maligned image. Four years later, with Governor Christie again considering a […] Read more »
Christie’s Challenge: A Third of Iowa Republicans Dislike Him
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heads to Iowa Thursday, prompting another round of talk about his presidential ambitions, he faces a 2016 obstacle maybe as daunting as the “Bridge-gate” scandal rocking his administration: A sizable number of Republican voters there dislike him. A third of Republicans in Iowa (33 […] Read more »
Crossing Christie
… Before the bridge scandal, Christie was known as a governor who transcended New Jersey’s reputation for toxic politics and toxic dumps. He took on the exploding costs of the state’s pension system, reformed property taxes, and worked with his opponents in the legislature, and he provided decisive leadership after […] Read more »
Analysis of Rutgers-Eagleton 2013 Pre-election Polls Released
Following inaccurate results for final pre-election polls in October 2013 (NJ Special Senate) and November 2013 (NJ Governor), the Eagleton Institute of Politics commissioned an outside study by Gary Langer of Langer Research Associates of New York to identify reasons for the outcomes of these polls. Today, The Eagleton Institute […] Read more »
Americans Don’t Believe Christie on Jam, Clinton on Libya
Americans aren’t buying the explanations offered by Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton about controversies that could stand between them and the White House if either runs for president in 2016. Sixty-three percent say they don’t believe the New Jersey governor’s claims that he knew nothing of a plan by his […] Read more »
Christie jokes about pollsters at town hall
On the same day a new survey showed troubling signs for Chris Christie’s possible 2016 White House prospects, the New Jersey governor cracked wise about polls. … “The only two professions in America where you keep getting paid even when you are always wrong affect my life everyday – pollsters […] Read more »