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NJ-Gov: Christie Maintains Lead on Lonegan

by: DavidNYC

Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 8:08 AM EDT


Rasmussen Reports (5/27, likely voters, mid-May in parens):

Chris Christie (R): 46 (39)
Steve Lonegan (R): 35 (29)
Undecided: 15 (29)
(MoE: ±5%)

The primary is tomorrow, June 2nd, and Chris Christie has led in every single public poll of the race:

Rasmussen has actually shown some of the closer results we've seen, and the trendline shows Lonegan closing a bit, but Christie still looks to be in command. The conventional wisdom says Corzine would be better off against the far-right Lonegan - the DGA went so far as to run ads bashing Christie in the hopes of bolstering Lonegan, Gray Davis/Crisitunity-style - but a win for the former Bogota, NJ mayor seems unlikely. Of course, it's possible pollsters have badly misjudged the nature of Jersey's likely GOP voters circa mid-2009, and indeed this same group has gone with wingers over moderates in the past (see Brett Schundler, 2001).

Either way, we'll be here tomorrow to liveblog the results.

P.S. Daily Kos/Research 2000 polled the general and found exactly the results you'd expect.

UPDATE: A new FDU poll also shows a big Christie lead - 54-30.

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It looks like Christie will hang on.  There's an FDU poll out today that has him ahead by over 20%.  I expect the final margin will be under 10%.

NJ
Christie will hold on and the Governor's house is lost.

29/D/Male/NY-01

I think that isn't quite written in stone yet
Christie should be pretty easy to go after in NJ: he's an anti-choice radical who was George Bush's US Att'y appointment in NJ.

I'm just wondering when Corzine is going to bother attacking him for it.


[ Parent ]
I'm beginning to agree... n/t


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Not necessarily, November's 5 months away
If the economy begins to recover in the 3rd and 4th quarters which it looks it will since it's bottoming out now, then Corzine's numbers will recover. Corzine's numbers have gone up a bit recently although they still aren't good. But if the economy recovers Corzine was one of the first people pushing for a big stimulus package back in the fall of '08, and he can say I told you so in the November election.  

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I think the economy turning around that much
in the next 6 months to be the thing to save Corzine is too optimistic.

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It doesn't look good
But still not impossible. Corzine has to nuke Christie and make him an unacceptable alternative. It is gonna get really nasty.

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Go Christie!
I am voting tomorrow for Christie. I cannot stand Looneygan.


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