. >> reporter: christie spent months on the trail in new hampshire but analyst joe watkins tells me it's hard to predict what voters, particularly those in the granite state christie was counting on, will do. >> he did all of the right things, show up, talk to the people, ask for the vote again and again and again ask for their vote. he did all of that. >> reporter: after that single digit showing -- >> money is prbly the biggest driver whether or not he can go forward. >> reporter: back in new jersey, some believe the governor's troubles elsewhere started here. >> i think that had he stayed in new jersey more he would have done better. >> reporter: christie, in fact, spent 261 days outside of new jersey last year when you include trips to pennsylvania and new york. past few months, dozens of town halls in new hampshire, work that did not pay off as hoped. live in the digital operations center, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> for the rest of the pack, a big night for the outsiders in the race. >> so-called establishment candidates finished far from first place in new hampshire's republican