The former Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, who’s expected to announce his presidential campaign next Tuesday, has a current net favorability rating of -26, according to the Monmouth University Polling Institute.
Former Governor Christie — once lampooned by TV comic Family Guy — was favorable to just 21 percent of Republican voters, down from 24 percent in March.
Forty-seven percent of voters found him to be “unfavorable”, however, with a further eight percent telling pollsters that they have “not heard of” Chris Christie.
Christie, a one-time hanger-on Donald Trump, is now branding him a “coward” and “puppet of Putin.” Christie himself is far behind Trump in terms of voter sentiment.
Donald Trump is currently leading among Republicans with 77 percent, and rising. In March this year, Trump’s favorability was 71 percent – an overall six percent increase in the last two months.
Worse still for Christie is another survey conducted by Marquette Law School, which found his favorability among potential Republican voters to be -22 percent with him likely to receive .5 percent of Republican primary support alongside Asa Hutchinson.
Christie is expected to announce his candidacy for president next week in New Hampshire, according to Axios.
