35 percent: Christie hits new low in New Jersey poll of job approval

Only 35 percent of registered voters in the Garden State say they approve of the Republican governor’s job performance in the Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey, compared to 51 percent who disapprove. Those figures mark the lowest approval and highest disapproval ratings recorded by the survey center. In January, 39 percent said they approved of his performance and 47 percent did not…

As far as Christie himself, public opinion appears to be mixed. Thirty-five percent of voters responded that they dislike everything about the governor, while just 8 percent said they dislike him but favor his policies. At the same time, 29 percent responded that they like everything about the governor and 21 percent said they like the man but not his policies.