Gallup: Among GOP, Ryan most popular 2016er and Christie least popular

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Gallup: Christie most popular GOP hopeful, least popular with GOP base

By Cameron Joseph    - 06/14/13 03:48 PM ET

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is the most popular potential 2016 candidate in the Republican Party — and the least popular with the GOP base, according to a new Gallup poll.

Those numbers come as Christie is set to appear with former President Clinton Friday evening — instead of stopping by the annual Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering of religious conservatives, an event that drew many other potential GOP presidential candidates.

Christie has a net positive rating of 32 percentage points among all voters, with 52 percent holding favorable opinions of him to just 20 who see him negatively. That's far ahead of the other four other Republicans tested. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has a 15-point net positive rating, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has an 8-point net positive rating, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a 6-point net positive rating and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)has a 5-point positive rating.

But Christie is less popular than the others with Republicans, and much of popularity comes from his appeal to Democrats and independents. Christie's net positive favorable rating is 28, as compared to Ryan's 52-point net positive rating, Rubio's 47-point net positive rating, Paul's 32-point net positive rating and Cruz's 27-point net rating. Fully one-quarter of GOP voters hold a negative opinion of Christie.
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[bballrox4717]

What was the highest negative approval rating Romney got among Republicans before/during the primaries?

[ajc0918]

This is good.

[Maxwell]

It's not too surprising, at least at this point. I think Rubio's numbers will be dipping due to immigration. If Christie is destined to be the nominee, than it will probably be a rotation of Conservative "Super Stars" who get derailed by one thing or another. If it isn't, than I think Christie will fade from Republican vision before 2015.

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Gallup: Christie most popular GOP hopeful, least popular with GOP base

By Cameron Joseph    - 06/14/13 03:48 PM ET

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is the most popular potential 2016 candidate in the Republican Party — and the least popular with the GOP base, according to a new Gallup poll.

Those numbers come as Christie is set to appear with former President Clinton Friday evening — instead of stopping by the annual Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering of religious conservatives, an event that drew many other potential GOP presidential candidates.

Christie has a net positive rating of 32 percentage points among all voters, with 52 percent holding favorable opinions of him to just 20 who see him negatively. That's far ahead of the other four other Republicans tested. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has a 15-point net positive rating, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has an 8-point net positive rating, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a 6-point net positive rating and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)has a 5-point positive rating.

But Christie is less popular than the others with Republicans, and much of popularity comes from his appeal to Democrats and independents. Christie's net positive favorable rating is 28, as compared to Ryan's 52-point net positive rating, Rubio's 47-point net positive rating, Paul's 32-point net positive rating and Cruz's 27-point net rating. Fully one-quarter of GOP voters hold a negative opinion of Christie.
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He's been scoring a lot of points with me recently.  I will probably vote for him in the NJ governor's race.  That stupid gathering is almost always a must-do for a Republican Pres. candidates.

[Mr. Morden]

How is this "the GOP base"?  It's Republicans in general.  In fact, it's Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents.  And it's not exactly "least popular".  It's smallest net positive rating among the five people they tested:

[Mr. Morden]

As a point of comparison, Romney's fav/unfav among Republicans (as measured by Gallup) in July 2009 was 56/17% for +39%:



He was also leading the primary polls then:

[Mr. Morden]

Here are the favorability numbers among all adults in the new poll:



and among Democrats:

[Horus]

I can see Christie running as an independent with the friends he's making and the numbers he's showing.

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[H. Ross Peron]

This is good.

This.

I'm amazed though that Paul Ryan maintains a net positive rating after the last election.

[RogueBeaver]

This is good.

This.

I'm amazed though that Paul Ryan maintains a net positive rating after the last election.

Why the amazement?

[H. Ross Peron]

This is good.

This.

I'm amazed though that Paul Ryan maintains a net positive rating after the last election.

Why the amazement?

Well for starters Congressman Ryan's entitlement "reform" plans aren't exactly popular nor is his budget.

[Bull Moose Base]

Is this poll good for Christie? He'll run on electability if he run but it's one thing to have appeal across the aisle and another to be more popular with the opposing party than your own.

[tmthforu94]

Even though he has high name recognition and was the VP nominee, I think Paul Ryan has the potential to be a dark horse in this race. He's polling low right now, and likely will continue to for the beginning parts of the primary. But once it gets going and flaws are exposed, I think he'll come out of it prettier than Paul, Christie, or Rubio, among others.

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What was the highest negative approval rating Romney got among Republicans before/during the primaries?

And McCain in 2008?