Two new polls out today paint a disturbingly similar picture of the state of the New Jersey gubernatorial race.
From PPP:
After his lead was reduced to a single point in a Public Policy Polling survey two weeks ago, Chris Christie has now widened his advantage to four.
Christie's at 42% in the newest poll to 38% for Jon Corzine and 13% for Chris Daggett.
Earlier in the race it had appeared that Daggett was hurting Christie more, but now supporters of the independent candidate say by a 44-32 margin that their second choice would be Corzine. 43% of voters planning to support him are Democrats while only 9% are Republicans.
This comes only about an hour after the latest Rasmussen survey was released showing nearly identical topline numbers - that is, prior to the pollster's re-allocation of Daggett votes:
The initial preferences were Christie 42%, Corzine 38%, and Daggett 14%. After Daggett-supporters and undecideds were pushed, it became Christie 46%, Corzine 43%, and Daggett 7%. Last week, Corzine had led by 37%-36%-16% on first preferences, and Christie was up by 41%-39%-11% after people were pushed. The margin of error is ±3%.
