| NEW JERSEY | 14 Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NJ Division of Elections)
New Jersey has: 21 counties. Largest counties (nine more than 500,000): Bergen, Middlesex, Essex, Hudson, Monmouth. Largest cities: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth. Government
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State of New Jersey Division of Elections NJ Democratic State
Comm. Star Ledger/Times,
pol. Politico-NJ
Playbook  The Garden State |
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| Voter
Registration Deadline: Oct. 13, 2020 (21
days before election). Election Timeline Vote by Mail On Aug. 14, 2020 Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed an executive order establishing a modified vote by mail election under which county elections officials will send ballots with pre-paid postage to all active registered voters. There will still be some polling places for in-person voting. Further, ballots postmarked Nov. 3 will be counted if received by county clerk by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10. On Aug. 18 the Trump campaign, RNC and state Republican party filed a lawsuit charging Murphy had usurped the legislature's power in a "brazen power grab (+)." |
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Overview:
The political
terrain in New Jersey has shifted towards the Democrats
since 2016. Phil Murphy (D) succeeded Chris
Christie (R) as governor in Jan. 2018 and the 2018
mid-terms took the balance in the U.S. House, from 7D,
5R, to 11D, 1R.
On Election Day 2020, Democrats enjoyed a 38.92% to 22.28%
registration advantage.
Although New Jersey was solidly in
the Democratic column, the state did get a fair number of visits from
President Trump. Factbase (>)
reported that from the start of his term to Election
Day he spent over 100 days at the Trump National Golf
Club in Bedminster (>).
In addition to golf, the club was the setting
for several high dollar fundraisers for the
campaign (+). One,
on the evening of June 13, raised a reported $3
million; this was Trump's second in-person fundraiser
after a three-month break due to the pandemic.
He also attended a fundraising committee
reception there on the
afternoon of Oct. 1, shortly before announcement of
his positive test for COVID.
Supporters and opponents held a number of rallies and protests around Trump's Bedminster visits. Trump supporters also organized car parades and other events around the state (+). On Oct. 16, 2019 the Trump campaign announced Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio and Cumberland County Republican chairman Michael Testa, Jr. as honorary co-chairs of Trump Victory. Bill Stepien, Trump's national campaign manager from July 15, 2020 is from New Jersey and has extensive experience in the state's politics. In September the Biden campaign brought on Nabila Baptiste, deputy executive director of the NJDSC, as state director. Biden won with a plurality of 725,061 votes (15.93 percentage points), carrying 14 counties to seven for Trump—Ocean (63.5%), Sussex (58.5%), Cape May (57.2%), Warren (56.9%), Salem (55.3%), Hunterdon (51.0%), Monmouth (50.7%) BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Democrats
146 Delegates: 84 District, 28 At-Large, 14 PLEO, 20 Unpledged. Biden 813,693 (85.29%), Sanders 140,336 (14.71%). Total 954,029. |
Republicans
Trump 404,214 votes. |
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| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Clinton 42.95% |
Clinton 53.72% |
Gore 56.13% |
Kerry 52.92% |
Obama 57.24% |
Obama 58.34% |
Clinton 55.45% |
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the details...
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 6,042,792. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.1%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 18, 2016 (21 days before election). Registration: Dem. 2,074,093 (35.64%) Rep. 1,211,544 (20.82%) Unaffil. 2,516,275 (43.24%) Lib. 5,405 Conserv. 3,509 Grn. 3,068 Const. 2,627 SSP 1,288 Nat. 1,096 Ref. 371. |
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Overview:
Gov.
Chris Christie's strong support of Donald Trump did
not help the Republican standard-bearer in this
reliably Democratic state. The Clinton/Kaine
ticket won with a plurality of 546,345 votes (14.10
percentage points), carrying 12 counties to nine for
Trump. Significant efforts focused on helping out in neighboring Pennsylvania, a battleground state, but there was some campaign activity here. On July 6 Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on Donald Trump's "failed" business record, in front of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Tim Kaine did a fundraiser in East Brunswick on Sept. 28, and Chelsea Clinton was the featured guest at a fundraiser hosted by Mayor Steve Fulop in Jersey City on Oct. 15. Donald Trump made a number of visits to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, including meetings with Gov. Mike Pence (July 2) and Sen. Joni Ernst (July 4) as part of his vice presidential search and in the latter part of August for debate preparation. Pence made an unplanned stop on July 16 when his flight back to Indiana was delayed; he had a quick dinner with his family at Chili's near the airport in Teterboro. No visits by the Libertarian candidates were noted. Jill Stein visited twice. On Sept. 17 she participated in a March for Environmental Justice in Red Bank and an evening event at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. On Nov. 4 she did an evening rally and town hall forum at Montclair State University in Montclair. Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,882,974. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.9%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012 (21 days before election). Registration: Dem. 1,787,480 (28.50%) Rep. 1,084,757 (17.29%) Unaffil. 2,621,197 (41.79%) Grn. 1,203 Lib. 1,899 Ref. 71 Const. 164 Nat. 37 Conserv. 514... Total: 5,497,322 |
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2012 Overview Gov. Chris Christie 's praise of President Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy and tarmac appearance with Obama rubbed many Republicans the wrong way. Hurricane Sandy posed challenges to election officials. As with many non-battleground states, turnout was down from 2008 (229,738 fewer votes cast in the presidential race, a decrease of 5.9%). The Obama/Biden ticket won with a plurality of 644,698 votes (17.72 percentage points). Obama carried 12 counties to eight for Romney (Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren) and the vote in Salem County was tied. General Election Details Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*:
5,844,477. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.2%. Total ballots cast 3,910,220 (a record) Total ballots rejected: 32,168 Registration: Dem. 1,782,556 (33.31%) Rep. 1,055,403 (19.72%) Unaffil. 2,511,367 (46.93%) Other Parties 2,189 (0.04%)... Total: 5,351,669. |
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2008 Overview New Jersey received limited attention (visits). The Obama/Biden ticket won with a plurality of 602,215 votes (15.57 percentage points). Obama carried 14 counties to 7 for McCain (Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Sussex, and Warren). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Population*: 5,663,201. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 63.8%. Total ballots cast: 3,638,153 Total ballots rejected: 24,017 Registration: Dem. 1,163,224 (23.24%) Rep. 884,801 (17.67%) Unaffil. 2,938,562 (58.70%) Ind. 18,077 (0.36%) Others 1,295 (0.03%)... Total: 5,005,959. |
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2004 Overview Despite the Democratic ticket's margin of 15.84 percentage points in 2000 and 17.86 percentage points in 1996, Republicans made an effort in New Jersey (transcript), and they did significantly cut the Democratic plurality to 241,427 votes (6.68 percentage points). General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
| General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
| Voting
Eligible Population*:
5,601,788. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.9% Total ballots cast: 3,219,650 Total ballots rejected: 9,037 Registration: Dem. 1,179,577 (25%) Rep. 876,386 (18%) Unaffil. 2,641,861 (56%) Ind. 12,944 (1%)... Total 4,710,768. |
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2000
Overview The Gore-Lieberman ticket won New Jersey with a plurality of 504,677 votes (15.84 percentage points), carrying 14 counties to 7 for Bush-Cheney (5 of which were in the northwest corner). Some Garden State Republicans believe a weak Bush state organization contributed to the poor showing and to down-ticket defeats. In the U.S. Senate race, Jon Corzine (D) outspent Bob Franks (R) by $54.0 million to $3.8 million and won by 50.1% to 47.1% (1,511,237 to 1,420,267). There were a couple of close House races: in the 12th Rep. Rush Holt (D) defeated former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R) by 651 votes (146,162 to 145,511); in the 7th Mike Ferguson (R) defeated Maryanne Connelly (D) by about 15,000 votes. General Election Actitivities |
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