BuzzFeed - A buried data point obtained by BuzzFeed deflates the Christie 2016 bubble. Mike Segar / Reuters New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been the recipient of endless "future-of-GOP" buzz this week after his landslide reelection, in which he won an unprecedented 51% of the Latino vote and one-in-five black voters. NBC News crystalized the conventional wisdom in the ensuing bevy of breathless blog posts and cable news chyrons with its election night headline: "Christie offers GOP roadmap to resurgence in 2016."But one data point buried in the exit poll cross-tabs, and not published in most news stories about the race, might temper the hysteria. According to exit polls conducted by Edison Research, in a hypothetical 2016 contest between Christie and current Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton, the Republican governor's support among minorities would drop sharply in his home state. The question put to New Jersey voters: "If these were the candidates for president in 2016, for whom would
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