A new poll shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie maintaining a dominant double-digit lead over his Democratic challenger.
The Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Christie favored by 58 percent of respondents, while 30 percent back state Sen. Barbara Buono. Eight percent are undecided.
Buono has barely moved the needle against the powerful Republican in six months of polling.
The new survey finds Christie with commanding leads among Shore residents, independent voters and women.
"Sen. Buono is down 3-1 among independent voters and even loses 30 percent of Democratic voters to Christie.,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, “There's no point even counting Republicans."
Just 4 percent of Republicans align with Buono.
Buono does however lead among black voters, with Hispanic and urban voters divided about evenly.
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The telephone survey of 2.042 New Jersey voters was conducted from Aug. 1-5. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.
