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Christie’s overall job approval has slipped to its lowest point yet: 33% of New Jersey registered voters now approve of his performance, a drop of six points since October, and 62% disapprove, up six points, Rutgers reports
Meanwhile, 33% of voters have a favorable opinion of Christie, his second-lowest rating ever.
His unfavorable rating is back at its all-time high of 59% after a small improvement in October.
Since August, more than half of New Jersey voters have labeled Christie unfavorable in Rutgers' polls.
“Governor Christie’s good fortune and favorables may be improving on the national campaign trail, but it’s just the opposite in New Jersey,” said Ashley Koning, assistant director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers.
“Ever since Christie announced his official 2016 run, he has received his lowest ratings as governor – even lower than in the year post-Bridgegate,” Koning said.
On individual issues, Christie has hit 23% approval versus 71% disapproval on taxes; 30% approval and 63% disapproval on the economy and jobs; 25% approval and 63% disapproval on the state budget; and 33% approval and 59% disapproval on education.
His lowest approval rating is for the state pension fund situation -- 21% approval and 66% disapproval.
His highest approval rating is on the Sandy recovery -- with 48% of those polled considering Christie favorably and 44% disapproving.
Yet it remains "a far cry from the near-unanimous approval he received through most of 2013," the pollsters say.
The "only bright spot" for Christie at home, they say, is his return to second place for the 2016 Republican nomination among New Jersey Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters -- at 14%.
Donald Trump remains Republicans’ top choice at 30%.
READ MORE: Rutgers/Eagleton poll
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