--- description: Chris Christie just broke a new record as the least popular governor in two decades. And not only in New Jersey. title: Chris Christie Is the Most Unpopular Governor in 20 Years. In Any State image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214ca0e242e200f8/6988d19786f68e91316e5223/gettyimages-664130184.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [States](/tag/states/) ## States Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chris Christie Is the Most Unpopular Governor in 20 Years. In Any State by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 3:57 PM CUT  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie New Jersey Governor Chris ChristieJoe Raedle—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 3:57 PM CUT [Chris Christie](http://time.com/4789262/chris-christie-donald-trump-michael-flynn/ "undefined") just broke a new record as the least popular governor in two decades. And not only in New Jersey. A [Quinnipiac University survey](https://poll.qu.edu/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=2465 "undefined") released Wednesday found that only 15% of New Jersey voters approve of their governor. That gives the Republican, who was once an early favorite for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, the worst approval rating “for any governor in any state surveyed” by Quinnipiac in 20 years, the pollster said. Christie’s disapproval rating went from [77% in December](http://time.com/4592420/chris-christie-approval-rating/ "undefined") to 81% in the latest survey. Even a majority of Republican, 58%, disapprove of Christie. The New Jersey governor recently saw two of his former aides convicted as part of the [Bridgegate](http://time.com/4150947/republican-debate-chris-christie-rand-paul-bridgegate/ "undefined") scandal, and has remained focused on the [opioid addiction epidemic](http://time.com/4385588/crack-babies-heroin-crisis/ "undefined") in the state during his final year in office. The survey of of 1,103 New Jersey voters, conducted June 7-12, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4818151/chris-christie-poll-new-jersey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4818151/chris-christie-poll-new-jersey/"},"headline":"Chris Christie Is the Most Unpopular Governor in 20 Years. In Any State","datePublished":"2017-06-14T15:57:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:08:42.985Z","description":"Not just New Jersey","url":"https://time.com/4818151/chris-christie-poll-new-jersey/","keywords":["States","New Jersey","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214ca0e242e200f8/6988d19786f68e91316e5223/gettyimages-664130184.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214ca0e242e200f8/6988d19786f68e91316e5223/gettyimages-664130184.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"chris-christie-approval-ratings","caption":"NJ Gov. Chris Christie Speaks At Gov't And Media Conference","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4818151/chris-christie-poll-new-jersey/","name":"Chris Christie Is the Most Unpopular Governor in 20 Years. In Any State"}}]}] ```