NEW JERSEY 14 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NJ Division of Elections)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2015 est.
 8,958,013
Total Enrollment, Nov, 2016
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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
Governor: Chris Christie (R) elected in 2009, re-elected in 2013. 
State Legislature: New Jersey Legislature   House: 80 seats  Senate: 40 seats
Local: Municipal and County Government   NACO
U.S. House: 6D, 6R - 1.D.Norcross (D) | 2. F.LoBiondo (R) | 3. T.MacArthur (R) | 4/ C.Smith (R) | 5. S.Garrett (R) | 6. F.Pallone, Jr. (D) | 7. L.Lance (R) |  8. A.Sires (D) | 9. B.Pascrell, Jr (D) | 10. D.Payne, Jr. (D) | 11. R.Frelinghuysen (R) | 12. B.Watson-Coleman (D).  >
U.S. Senate: Cory Booker (D) elected in Oct. 2013 special, re-elected 2014, Bob Menendez (D) re-elected in 2012.
2016
 U.S. House: All 12 Members sought re-election.  Democrats picked up a seat in CD-5 (the top of the state...Northern and Western NJ), taking the delegation from 6D, 6R to 7D, 5R.  Josh Gottheimer (D), most recently general manager of advertising and strategy at Microsoft, defeated seven-term U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R) by 172,587 votes (51.11%) to 157,690 (46.70%) and 7,424 (2.20%) for Claudio Belusic (L).
Ballot Measures: New Jerseyans voted on two legislatively referred constitutional amendments.  They soundly rejected Public Question No. 1 to permit casinos in two additional counties in Northern New Jersey  and approved Public Question No. 2 to require that revenue from the gas tax go to transportation.

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The Garden State 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voting Eligible Population*: #.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate:#.

Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 18, 2016 (21 days before election).
Official Results >
 
+Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)
 2,148,278
Trump/Pence (Rep.)
 1,601,933
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)
 72,477
Stein/Baraka (Grn.)
 37,772
Castle/Bradley (Const.)
 6,161
Kennedy/Hart (SWP)
 2,156
De La Fuente/Steinberg (ADP)
 1,838
Moorhead/Lilly (WWP)
 1,749
La Riva/Puryear (PSL)
 1,682
Total.........







Overview: Gov. Chris Christie's strong support of Donald Trump will not help the Republican standard-bearer in this reliably Democratic state.
Clinton  |  Trump

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Democrats
142 Delegates: 84 District, 28 At-Large, 14 PLEO, 16 Unpledged.

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 Republicans
51 Delegates: 3 RNC; 12 AtLlarge; 36 by CD (3 x 12).


General Election Winners in New Jersey, 1992-2012
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Clinton
42.95%
 		Clinton
53.72%
 		Gore
56.13%
 		Kerry
52.92%
 Obama
57.24%
 Obama
58.34%
  and the details...
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 5,882,974.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.9%.

Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012 (21 days before election).
Official Results >
 
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 2,122,786
(58.34)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
 1,478,088
 (40.62)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.) 21,035
 (0.58)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
 9,886
 (0.27)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
 2,063
 (0.06)
Anderson/Rodriguez (Jus.) 1,723
 (0.05)
Boss/Pasternak (NSA)
 1,024
 (0.03)
Harris/DeLuca (SWP)
 709
 (0.02)
Miller/Bertram (AmThird)
 664
 (0.02)
Lindsay/Osorio (PS&L)
 521
 (0.01)
Total........3,638,499

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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)
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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.
Official Results >

+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 		2,215,422
 (57.27)
McCain/Palin (Rep.) 1,613,207
 (41.70)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
 		21,298
(0.55)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
 		8,441
 (0.22)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
 		3,956
(0.10)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
 3,636
 (0.09)
Moore/Alexander (SPUSA)
 699
 (0.02)
Boss/Psoras (VH)
 639
 (0.02)
Calero/Kennedy (SWP)
 523
 (0.01)
La Riva/Puryear (S&L)
 416
 (0.01)
Total........3,868,237


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

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible 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.
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,911,430
(52.92)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,670,003
(46.24)
Nader/LaMarche (Ind.) 19,418 (0.54)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 4,514
(0.12)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
2,750
(0.08)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
1,807
(0.05)
Van Auken/Lawrence (SEP)
575
(0.02)
Brown/Herbert (SPUSA)
664
(0.02)
Calero/Hawkins (SWP)
530
(0.01)
Total........3,611,691
 
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.
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,788,850
(56.13)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,284,173
(40.29)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
94,554
(2.97)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
6,312
(0.20)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
6,989
(0.22)
Hagelin/Ticiati (Ind.)
2,215
(0.07)
McReynolds/Hollis (SPUSA)
1,880
(0.06)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,409
(0.04)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
844
(0.03)
Total........3,187,226


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

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.).......1,436,206 (42.95)
Bush (Rep.)...........1,356,865 (40.58)
Perot (Ind.)...............521,829
 (15.61)
Others (10).................28,694
(0.86)
Total........3,343,594

1996
Clinton (Dem.).......1,652,329 (53.72)
Dole (Rep.)...........1,103,078 (35.86)
Perot (Ref.)..............262,134
(8.52)
Nader (Grn.)..............32,465
(1.06)
Others (6)..................25,801
(0.84)
Total........3,075,807