Christie: I don’t need to convince GOP voters, they’ll decide (WATCH)

On Monday night's Ask The Governor program on NJ 101.5, Gov. Chris Christie put his faith in voters to determine the outcome of the crowded Republican presidential race.

Christie was asked whether it is time for the GOP field to start whittling down.

“The voters will decide that,” Christie said.

The governor believes that Iowa and New Hampshire will whittle the field down weeks ahead of Super Tuesday, and that there will not be 10 candidates on those ballots.

Christie would not speculate on how many candidates would drop out by then or which ones would scrap their campaign.

"This is a very personal judgement running for the United States,” he explained.

He said he is focused solely on his campaign and not spending time wondering about what decisions his opponents will make.

Recent polls all suggested that Republican presidential primary voters were looking for an outsider to be their Party's nominee. Donald Trump and Ben Carson have never held elected office, but they had huge leads over so-called establishment candidates like  Christie.

Real Clear Politics averaged recent polls. In terms of national surveys, Republicans supported Trump (27 percent) and Carson (22.2 percent) over Christie (1.8 percent), but establishment candidate Marco Rubio had a good showing. He came in third (9.6). In New Hampshire, it was Trump (29 percent) followed by Carson (14 percent) and Rubio (10 percent). Christie lagged far behind (3.8 percent).

There was good news for Christie in a Monmouth University poll released Monday afternoon. A survey of New Hampshire voted showed the governor trailed Trump by 21 points, Carson by 10 points and Rubio by six, but Christie's 4 percent showing was a three point increase from two months ago.

The Monmouth University poll also revealed Christie's favorability rating was greatly improved from September. The governor's rating stood at a very positive 54 percent favorable and 32 percent unfavorable, compared to a negative 38 percent - 46 percent result two months ago.

State House Reporter Kevin McArdle contributed to this story.