United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016

United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016
New Jersey
November 8, 2016
Turnout 68% Increase

 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 2,148,278 1,601,933
Percentage 55.45% 41.35%

County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county

The 2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey was won by Hillary Clinton on November 8, 2016 with 55.5% of the vote over Donald Trump's 41.35%. New Jerseys 14 electoral votes were assigned to Clinton and her Vice Presidential running mate Tim Kaine.

The Garden State weighed in for this election as 6% more Democratic than the national average.

Primary elections

New Jersey's presidential primaries were on June 7, 2016, with the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties participating.[1] Registered members of each party could only vote in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated could choose any one primary in which to vote.

Democratic primary

Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:

New Jersey Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 566,247 63.32% 79 12 91
Bernie Sanders 328,058 36.68% 47 2 49
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 894,305 100% 126 16 142
Source: The Green Papers, New Jersey Democratic Primary Official Results - New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary

Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:

New Jersey Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 360,212 80.41% 51 0 51
John Kasich (withdrawn) 59,866 13.36% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 27,874 6.22% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 447,952 100.00% 51 0 51
Source: The Green Papers

General election

Candidate ballot access:[2]

Results

Results of the general election by municipality, darker colors indicate higher win percentage:
-Blue municipalities won by Clinton
-Red municipalities won by Trump
-Purple municipality, Clinton and Trump tied (Teterboro only)
United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Hillary Clinton 2,148,278 55.45%
Republican Donald Trump 1,601,933 41.35%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 72,477 1.87%
Green Jill Stein 37,772 0.98%
Constitution Darrell Castle 6,161 0.16%
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy 2,156 0.06%
American Delta Party Rocky De La Fuente 1,838 0.05%
Workers World Monica Moorehead 1,749 0.05%
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva 1,682 0.04%
Majority 546,345 14.10%
Turnout 3,874,046
Results by county[3]
County Clinton votes Clinton % Trump votes Trump % Other votes Other %
Atlantic 60,924 51.0% 52,690 44.1% 5,802 4.9%
Bergen 231,211 54.2% 175,529 41.1% 19,827 4.6%
Burlington 121,725 54.2% 89,272 39.7% 13,617 6.0%
Camden 146,717 63.4% 72,631 31.4% 12,131 5.2%
Cape May 18,750 37.5% 28,446 57.0% 2,743 5.5%
Cumberland 27,771 50.4% 24,453 44.4% 2,840 5.2%
Essex 240,837 76.2% 63,176 20.0% 12,098 3.8%
Gloucester 66,870 46.9% 67,544 47.4% 8,203 5.7%
Hudson 163,917 73.2% 49,043 21.9% 10,909 4.9%
Hunterdon 28,898 39.7% 38,712 53.2% 5,099 7.0%
Mercer 104,775 65.6% 46,193 28.9% 8,770 5.5%
Middlesex 193,044 58.0% 122,953 37.0% 16,518 5.0%
Monmouth 137,181 42.3% 166,723 51.5% 20,014 6.2%
Morris 115,249 44.9% 126,071 49.1% 15,197 5.9%
Ocean 87,150 31.1% 179,079 63.9% 14,180 5.0%
Passaic 116,759 58.8% 72,902 36.7% 8,816 4.4%
Salem 11,904 39.6% 16,381 54.4% 1,799 6.0%
Somerset 85,689 53.4% 65,505 40.8% 9,351 5.8%
Sussex 24,212 32.0% 46,658 61.8% 4,676 6.2%
Union 147,414 66.4% 68,114 30.7% 6,447 2.9%
Warren 17,281 34.3% 29,858 59.2% 2,097 4.3%

Analysis

Hillary Clinton 55.5% of the vote was 2.9 percentage points less Barack Obama's win in the state in 2012. This was the first time since 1976 that New Jersey did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Pennsylvania.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green papers for 2016 primaries (D) (R). Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Official List Candidates for President For GENERAL ELECTION 11/08/2016 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State - Division of Elections. August 12, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Official List Candidates for President For GENERAL ELECTION 11/08/2016 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State - Division of Elections. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
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