Christie Falls Behind Clinton in Poll Amid Bridge Scandal
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Scandals surrounding Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey are hurting his standing as a national political figure and he’s losing ground to Democrat Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 presidential matchup, a poll released today shows.
Christie, who was inaugurated to a second term today, trails Clinton 46 percent to 38 percent among American voters, according to a survey by Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University. That compares with a poll by the university last month that showed the two essentially tied, with about 40 percent support for each.