Ninety-five percent of respondents rated Christie's storm response 'excellent' or 'good. Poll: Christie rating sets record

Nearly three-quarters of New Jerseyans approve of GOP Gov. Chris Christie, an unprecedented rating that even includes half of Democrats, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Seventy-two percent of voters approve of Christie in a Quinnipiac University poll, and only 21 percent disapprove. Christie’s approval rating is the highest Quinnipiac has measured for a New Jersey governor in at least 16 vyears. Seventy-seven percent of independents and 52 percent of Democrats approve of the potential 2016 president contender, who filed for reelection Monday.


President Barack Obama, who won 58 percent of the vote in New Jersey earlier this month, has a 59 percent approval rating.

Both Obama and Christie — who were seemingly attached at the hip in the days following Hurricane Sandy — got high marks for their response to the storm. Eighty-two percent rate Obama’s response as “excellent” or “good.” A whopping 95 percent said the same of Christie’s response.

The poll of 1,644 registered voters was conducted Nov. 19-25. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.