TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie may be a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but New Jersey voters are decidedly mixed on the idea.

A new Monmouth University Poll finds Garden State Republicans are deeply ambivalent about having the governor on the ticket. A slight plurality -- 41 percent -- say Christie would "hurt" Trump in the November general election, while 37 percent said that the governor "would not have an impact either way."

Just 15 percent of New Jersey Republicans said Christie would actually help Trump's presidential bid.

"It's hard to imagine any running mate who could kill the Trump buzz, but the voters who know Chris Christie best think he might be that guy," said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.

Looking ahead to November, a whopping 79 percent of New Jersey Republican primary voters say they will stick with Trump in the general election.

Another 6 percent say they will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton, 3 percent will stay home, and 6 percent are not sure what they will do.

The remaining 6 percent said they would vote for "another candidate," because the poll was conducted almost entirely ahead of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's decision to drop out of the race Tuesday evening after the Indiana primary and Ohio Gov. John Kasich following suit Wednesday afternoon.

The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from May 1 to 3, 2016 with 301 New Jersey voters likely to vote in the Republican presidential primary, and has margin of error of 5.7 percentage points.

Claude Brodesser-Akner may be reached at cbrodesser@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ClaudeBrodesser. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.