Campaign help from President Obama hasn't helped New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine
improve his chances in this year's election, according to a poll from Research 2000/Daily Kos conducted Aug. 3-5.
The poll showed Republican Chris Christie leading by eight percentage points overall and by a wider margin among older voters.
Christie, a former federal prosecutor, was preferred by 48 percent of the likely voters polled, while Corzine was the choice of 40 percent with 9 percent undecided.
The poll's margin of error was 4 percentage points.
Christie led among voters 60 and older, 52 percent to 34 percent with 12 percent undecided.
Among 18- 29-year-old voters, the poll found a dead heat, with the numbers barely breaking for Corzine, 44 percent to 43 percent with 12 percent undecided.
Corzine is seeking a second term in office in a state that leans Democratic but with a generally difficult environment for an incumbent because of a sinking economy, high property taxes and a recent corruption scandal that didn't touch Corzine himself but which also didn't reflect well on his administration.
In addition to Corzine and Christie, Independent Chris Daggett, a former EPA administrator, will be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Obama campaigned with Corzine last month.
CQ Politics rates the race Leans Republican.
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