--- title: Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President description: In a new Quinnipiac poll, nearly 3 in 5 registered voters in New Jersey do not think their Republican governor would make a good president canonical: https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-22T14:12:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:47:09.192Z article:section: Politics og:title: Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President og:description: In a new Quinnipiac poll, nearly 3 in 5 registered voters in New Jersey do not think their Republican governor would make a good president og:url: https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d5dbae8335544b/69876df6cd1bbad2526f4165/chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chris Christie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President twitter:description: In a new Quinnipiac poll, nearly 3 in 5 registered voters in New Jersey do not think their Republican governor would make a good president twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d5dbae8335544b/69876df6cd1bbad2526f4165/chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 22, 2015 2:12 PM UTC  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hands at the St. John's Church soup kitchen on Nov. 26, 2014, in Newark, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hands at the St. John's Church soup kitchen on Nov. 26, 2014, in Newark, N.J.Julio Cortez—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 22, 2015 2:12 PM UTC As Chris Christie gears up for a potential 2016 bid, it looks like he’ll have trouble even wrangling his own state. In a new Quinnipiac poll, nearly 3 in 5 registered voters in New Jersey do not think their Republican governor would make a good president, [according to Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-usa-politics-christie-idUSKBN0KV11920150122). Overall, 57 percent of the registered voters polled said they did not think Christie would make a good president, including nearly a third of registered Republicans, 78 percent of Democrats and 59 percent of independents. In a hypothetical race between Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 52 percent of the poll respondents said they would vote for Clinton, a Democrat, including 11 percent of registered Republicans. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-usa-politics-christie-idUSKBN0KV11920150122)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/"},"headline":"Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President","datePublished":"2015-01-22T14:12:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:47:09.192Z","description":"It's very hard to win the presidency if you lose your home state","url":"https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d5dbae8335544b/69876df6cd1bbad2526f4165/chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86d5dbae8335544b/69876df6cd1bbad2526f4165/chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Christie","caption":"Chris Christie","creditText":"Julio Cortez—AP","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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678183/new-jersey-chris-christie-2016/","name":"Most New Jersey Voters Don't Think Chris Christie Should Be President"}}]}] ```