I can’t believe I missed this earlier. A majority of voters in New Jersey agree with Governor Chris Christie (R) that the massive, $8.7 billion second rail tunnel project isn’t worth the expense. In fact, 50% of voters who commute to New York oppose the project.

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday found that New Jersey voters agreed with Christie’s decision to eliminate the project by a 53 to 37 percent margin…

But if the project is revived, 90 percent of New Jersey voters surveyed said that New York should help foot the bill.

According to the poll, the 11 percent of Garden State voters who commute to New York City for work are divided on the issue; 47 percent would like to see the tunnel built, but 50 percent are against the project.

Which might help explain why Chris Christie is more popular in relatively-blue New Jersey than either Barack Obama or Senator Bob Menendez (D). In fact, Christie is more popular than any other statewide leader in the Garden State.