Christie Hammered in NJ Spotlight Reader Poll
Huge Majority Say “Christie is a disgrace”
Yesterday, NJ SPotlight polled their readers on Governor Christie’s performance on Sandy – for results, see:
What do you think of Gov. Christie’s handling of Sandy so far?
While obviously not scientific or statistically valid, it was an interesting poll because instead of the typical “YES/NO” question or phrase polled, Spotlight provided a full descriptive 4-5 sentence well written paragraph with nuance.
Just what one would expect from a quality journalistic outfit whose motto is “Where issues matter“.
A whopping 72% super-majority agreed with this assessment:
Christie is a disgrace. He’s used Sandy as a way to prop up his popularity and later violated the public trust by playing politics with recovery money. First, he uses it to market himself in tourism ads across the country. Then he plays politics with the money by threatening officials that their towns will suffer if they don’t pay homage to him. Now, it seems like his administration isn’t even taking the process of allocations seriously. What will we find out next? How anyone on the Shore can support him is beyond my comprehension.
I can’t improve on that – perfectly captures my thoughts.
Perhaps even more stunningly, the poll found that just 1% – not a typo, ONE PERCENT – of Spotlight readers agreed with this assessment:
Christie showed true leadership the week of the storm. People are still struggling but that’s to be expected when you have to deal with a federal bureaucracy as well as the devastation facing our municipalities. There are no easy answers and Christie shouldn’t be blamed for not solving these difficult issues.Christie showed true leadership the week of the storm. People are still struggling but that’s to be expected when you have to deal with a federal bureaucracy as well as the devastation facing our municipalities. There are no easy answers and Christie shouldn’t be blamed for not solving these difficult issues.
Wonder why Spotlight readers can seem to get asked a question by the Governor at one of his infamous “Town Hall” shams.
And it’s shameful that Spotlight readers’ assessment rarely – if ever – makes it into the news coverage.
Chew on that over your coffee this morning.