TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie may be on likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's short list of potential running mates, but that doesn't mean New Jersey voters support the idea.

A wide majority of Garden State voters, 72 percent, say Trump should not choose Christie as a running mate, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday. Only 18 percent said Trump should tap Christie as his vice president.

The lack of support from his home state even extends to Republican voters, with 64 percent agreeing Christie shouldn't be Trump's pick and only 27 percent of New Jersey's GOP saying Trump should tap Christie as his second in command, according to the poll.

"Christie-for-president was a flop and, as far as the local folks are concerned, so is Christie-for-vice president," said Maurice Carroll, a spokesman for Quinnipiac University Poll.

"Forget local pride," he said. "New Jersey voters say overwhelmingly they don't want their (governor) on a Trump ticket."

The latest survey was another bad sign for Christie's standing among New Jersey residents.

The governor's approval rating slipped to another all-time low, according to the poll. The survey found 64 percent of voters disapprove of the job Christie is doing, compared to only 29 percent who approve.

The Quinnipiac poll comes less than a month after Rutgers Eagleton survey found the governor's approval had dipped to 26 percent, his lowest approval rating recorded by Eagleton.

Christie's job approval in Quinnipiac's polling dropped from 38 percent approval in April 2015, a full two months before Christie announced his presidential bid. Since then, his approval dropped 9 percentage points.

Earlier this month, Trump, who tapped Christie on Monday to head his transition team if the billionaire businessman clinches the race for the White House, hasn't ruled out asking the New Jersey governor to serve as his vice president.

Christie has publicly expressed doubt he would be asked to serve as Trump's running mate.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1,989 New Jersey voters between May 10 and 16 using landlines and cell phones. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

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