Chris Christie narrowly leads the pack of potential Republican presidential candidates in a poll of New Hampshire residents released Friday, but Mitt Romney crushes the competition when his name is added to the field. Christie, the cantankerous and controversial New Jersey governor, emerged as the most polarizing name on a list of 13 politicians presented during a phone poll between June 19 and July 1. While 46 per cent of New Hampshire Republicans like him, another 36 per cent don't. And he topped the list when GOP respondents were asked who they definitely would not vote for. But with 19 per cent support in a hypothetical presidential primary, Christie has emerged as the flavor-of-the-month front-runner.
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The WMUR/Granite State Poll gives Christie a first-place 19 per cent showing among New Hampshire Republicans
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But when Romney is added to the mix, he draws 39-percent support and leaves everyone else in single digits
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Paul Ryan has the highest 'favorable' numbers of the field, at 55 per cent
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Christie's 46 per cent favorable number is soft since a separate 36 per cent say they don't like him
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When asked which potential White House hopeful they would never support, More Republicans name Christie than any other pol
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