Doherty’s Official Endorsement of Trump for President
Today Donald J. Trump announced the endorsement of his presidential candidacy by state Senator Mike Doherty (R-23). Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ Read more
OCTOBER 15, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015, 6:51 AM
BY DUSTIN RACIOPPI
STATE HOUSE BUREAU |
THE RECORD
Republican support for Governor Christie’s White House bid has dropped by 50 percent in New Jersey over the past two months, while an increasing percentage of the state’s conservatives is backing national front-runner Donald Trump, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Thursday.
And on Wednesday, Trump announced the endorsement of a Republican state senator, Michael Doherty, who said he thinks the business mogul’s views on foreign affairs can, as Trump’s campaign slogan goes, “make America great again.”
Doherty, a Warren County conservative who has openly clashed with Christie, is among the growing number of New Jersey Republicans and “GOP-leaning” registered voters backing Trump’s nomination for president. The poll reported 32 percent of those voters support Trump, up from 21 percent in August. Those conservative voters also put contenders Dr. Ben Carson and U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas ahead of Christie for the nomination.
In the August poll, Christie had the support of 12 percent of conservative voters in New Jersey. Now that support is down to 5 percent, even with former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who was the national front-runner until Trump entered the race, according to Thursday’s poll.
I don’t trust the Poles….
Says a lot about our absentee governor. Why is he wasting his time and NJ taxpayer moniey?
Given the choice I’d take Trump over Christie, though both of them scare me for different reasons.