NEW JERSEY | 14
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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
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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). |
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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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Democrats
142 Delegates: 84 District, 28 At-Large, 14 PLEO, 16 Unpledged. details |
Republicans
51 Delegates: 3 RNC; 12 AtLlarge; 36 by CD (3 x 12). |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Clinton 42.95% |
Clinton 53.72% |
Gore 56.13% |
Kerry 52.92% |
Obama 57.24% |
Obama 58.34% |
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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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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. |
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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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