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The 2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

On 7 June 2016, the state also voted for who they wanted to be the nominee of their respective parties.

Presidential

Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in New Jersey. New Jersey has voted Democrat in every general election since 1992.

Race Poll model Hillary Clinton
Democratic
Donald Trump
Republican
Gary Johnson
Libertarian
Jill Stein
Green
Lead margin
Two-way 270 to Win 52% 38.3% N/A 13.7
Election Projection 48.5% 40% 8.5
HuffPost Pollster 48.1% 35% 13.1
Real Clear Politics 50.8% 39.5% 11.3
TPM Polltracker 50.3% 38% 12.3
Votamatic 56.6% 43.4% 13.2
Three-way Election Projection 44% 32% 9% N/A 12
Electoral Vote 49% 35% 6% 14
FiveThirtyEight 54.3% 40.1% 4.1% 14.2
TPM Polltracker 47% 43% 5% 4
Four-way Election Projection 48.7% 35.3% 6.3% 3% 13.4
Real Clear Politics 48.5% 36% 5.5% 3% 12.5
TPM Polltracker 47% 43% 5% 2% 4
New Jersey Presidential Election Results 2016
County Results      Clinton—80-90%      Clinton—70-80%      Clinton—60-70%      Clinton—50-60%      Clinton—<50%      Trump—<50%      Trump—50-60%      Trump—60-70%      Trump—70-80%      Trump—80-90%

Results

Presidential election
Choice Votes %
Hillary Clinton (DEM) 2,148,278 55.45%
Donald Trump (REP) 1,601,933 41.35%
Gary Johnson 72,477 1.87%
Jill Stein 37,772 0.98%
Darrell Castle 6,161 0.16%
others 7,425 0.19%
Total votes 3,874,046 100%

Caucuses

Democratic

The Democratic caucus occurred on 7 June 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Hillary Clinton 566,247 63.32% 91
Bernie Sanders 328,058 36.68% 49
Uncommitted 0
Total votes 100% 142

Republican

The Republican caucus occurred on 7 June 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Donald Trump 360,212 80.41% 51
withdrawn candidates 87,740 19.59% 0
Total votes 447,952 100% 51

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See also

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