A majority of New Jersey voters don’t think that Gov. Chris Christie would make a good president, raising questions about how the Republican's home state record might play on the national stage.

Fifty-nine percent of registered voters said that Christie would not make a good president, a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Wednesday found. Thirty-four percent said he would make a good president.

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A majority of Democrats and independents believed he would not make a good president. Seventy-two percent of Republicans said that he would, and 23 percent said he would not.

The poll also asked voters what single word best described Christie. The top five were “bully” with 10 percent, “arrogant” with 7 percent, “selfish” with 4 percent, “good” with 4 percent and “honest” with 2 percent. Democrats and independents both picked “bully” as their top choice.

Sixty-eight percent of voters said that they believed that Christie’s recent decisions — including about whether to sign and veto legislation — were more about running for president than what was best for New Jersey.

Half also said that Christie’s visits to swing states and abroad hurt his ability to govern. Forty-four percent did not think so.

Christie has long faced questions about whether his reputation for being outspoken, and concerns about his record in New Jersey, would hurt him in a general election campaign for the presidency.

But the New Jersey governor, who cruised to reelection in 2013, has made his record in the blue state an argument for a possible candidacy.

This portion of the poll had a sample of 694 registered New Jersey voters and a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It was conducted between Feb. 3-10.