Even Democrat Polling Group has Corzine Losing to Christie

A new survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for Stan Greenberg and James Carville’s organization Democracy Corps puts Governor Corzine within striking distance of Republican Chris Christie. The survey shows that Corzine now trails Christie by just 5 points in a three-way race and 6 points in a two-way matchup. Christie leads Corzine 40 to 35 percent, with Independent candidate Chris Daggett attracting 10 percent of the vote. In a two-way trial heat, Christie leads Corzine 43 to 37 percent.

Democracy Corps

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New Jersey: Christie Increases Lead to 15 pts

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Strategic Vision has released a poll of the political situation in New Jersey. The results are not good news for Governor Jon Corzine and Barack Obama:

If the election for Governor were being held today and the choices were Christopher Christie, the Republican, Jon Corzine, the Democrat, or Christopher Daggett, the Independent, for whom would you vote?

Christopher Christie 53%
Jon Corzine 38%
Christopher Daggett 5%
Undecided 4%

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Jon Corzine's overall job performance?
Approve 35%
Disapprove 55%
Undecided 10%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama's overall job performance?
Approve 50%
Disapprove 40%
Undecided 10%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy?
Approve 47%
Disapprove 45%
Undecided 8%

Do you think New Jersey is headed in the right direction or wrong direction?
Right 24%
Wrong 62%
Undecided 14%

Source: Strategic Vision

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Americans Would Vote For Independent

However, the numbers go down considerably when people find out it's Bloomberg that's the candidate.

Thinking of the presidential election next year, would you consider voting for an independent candidate who is not a Democrat or Republican?

Definitely would consider	22%
Probably would consider	44%
Probably would not consider	16%
Definitely would not consider	14%
Not sure	3%

Recently, Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent. There has been talk that he is considering a run for president as an independent. Would you vote for Michael Bloomberg if he was to run for president?

Definitely would vote for him	3%
Probably would vote for him	20%
Probably would not vote for him	39%
Definitely would not vote for him	28%
Not sure	11%

Source: Harris Interactive
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,010 American adults, conducted from Jul. 10 to Jul. 16, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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