( CNN ) -- Hillary Clinton would topple Gov . Chris Christie in New Jersey , and Garden State voters do n't think America wants a `` Jersey Guy '' president , according to a new poll released Thursday . The Quinnipiac University Poll indicates that the former secretary of state would carry New Jersey , 50 % -39 % , over the state 's two-term , incumbent governor if the election were held today . While Christie won convincingly in his re-election bid as a Republican governor last year , the odds are still stacked against him electorally . The state has a plurality of Democratic voters , and it has n't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 . Poll : Hillary Clinton ahead in 5 would-be GOP match-ups . In fact , the same Quinnipiac survey shows Clinton has been ahead of Christie in hypothetical match-ups since February 2013 . Still , a majority of New Jersey voters ( 53 % ) says Christie would not make a good president , slightly down from April , when 57 % felt the same way . Interestingly , nearly half ( 49 % ) say American voters are n't ready for a `` Jersey Guy '' president like Christie . `` Shades of Woodrow Wilson . The last Jersey guy who got elected president did not carry the state in his 1916 reelection , '' Maurice Carroll , assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll , said in a news release . `` And this poll shows we have n't changed in the last century . '' Christie : U.S. 'missing an enormous opportunity ' on Keystone . If he does make a White House bid , a decision he 's said he 'll make `` well into 2015 , '' more than six in 10 New Jersey voters think he should resign his governorship , something his aides have said he wo n't do . Christie had sky-high approval ratings following the devastation from Superstorm Sandy in 2012 , but his numbers have been slipping since the George Washington Bridge scandal unfolded earlier this year and as the state 's economic struggles have garnered more attention . He also saw criticism in New Jersey for his frequent travels out of state this year as chairman of the Republican Governors Association , a job that took him around the country campaigning for 2014 Republican candidates . For the poll , Quinnipiac surveyed 1,340 registered voters in New Jersey over the phone from Dec. 3-8 . The sampling error is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points .
A new poll shows Hillary Clinton would defeat Chris Christie in New Jersey . The poll, conducted by Monmouth University, found that 57 percent of likely voters said they support Clinton, while 36 percent back Christie.