Rasmussen Poll still says Christie is ahead by three

by: Hopeful

Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 02:09:36 PM EDT

Republican Chris Christie continues to hold a three-point advantage over incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in New Jersey's down-to-the-wire race for governor.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state, conducted Thursday night, shows Christie with 46% of the vote and Corzine with 43%. Those numbers are unchanged from earlier in the week and little changed from polling conducted the week before.

Daggett is at 8%, with the initial number at 12% before Ramussen pushes. Corzine's favorable-unfavorable is 44-54, Christie's is 48-50.  This is a great summary of the race:

Early in the year, Christie held a solid lead over Corzine. The governor's campaign worked to make Christie an unacceptable alternative and succeeded in driving the negative ratings up for the GOP hopeful. Daggett became a possible candidate for those who didn't like the governor but also didn't want to vote for a Republican, so Christie began linking Corzine and Daggett. That has succeeded in driving up Daggett's negative ratings. About the only thing certain in New Jersey at the moment is that the next governor will be someone that is disliked by at least half the state.