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The 2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New Jersey voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. New Jersey has 14 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Clinton won the state with 55.5% of the vote over Trump's 41.35%, or a 14-point margin. Despite her victory in the state, Clinton's vote share was slightly poorer than the vote shares President Barack Obama got from the state in 2008 and 2012. This was the first time since 1976 that New Jersey did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Pennsylvania, and the first time since 1932 that New Jersey voted Democratic while Pennsylvania voted Republican. Donald Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Somerset County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

## Primary elections

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

### Democratic primary

Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:
* Bernie Sanders
* Hillary Clinton
New Jersey Democratic primary, June 7, 2016 :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Hillary Clinton | 566,247 | 63.32% | 79 | 12 | 91 |
| Bernie Sanders | 328,058 | 36.68% | 47 | 2 | 49 |
| Uncommitted | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 894,305 | 100% | 126 | 16 | 142 |
| Source: ||||||

### Republican primary

3 candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
* Ted Cruz (withdrawn prior to primary)
* John Kasich (withdrawn prior to primary)
* Donald Trump
New Jersey Republican primary, June 7, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | 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: | Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 447,952 | 100.00% | 51 | 0 | 51 |
| Source: The Green Papers ||||||

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Los Angeles Times | Safe D | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN | Safe D | November 4, 2016 |
| Cook Political Report | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Electoral-vote.com | Safe D | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics | Likely D | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |

### Candidate ballot access

* Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine, Democratic
* Donald Trump/Mike Pence, Republican
* Darrell L. Castle/Scott N. Bradley, Constitution
* Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg, American Delta Party
* Gary Johnson/Bill Weld, Libertarian
* Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart, Socialist Workers Party
* Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear, Socialism and Liberation
* Monica Moorehead/Lamont Lilly, Workers World Party
* Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka, Green Party

### Results

2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey :
| Party | 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 L. 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 | Majority | Majority | 546,345 | 14.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874,046 | |

#### By county

| County | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Atlantic | 60,924 | 51.61% | 52,690 | 44.64% | 4,427 | 3.75% | 8,234 | 6.97% | 118,041 |
| Bergen | 231,211 | 54.76% | 175,529 | 41.57% | 15,473 | 3.67% | 55,682 | 13.19% | 422,213 |
| Burlington | 121,725 | 55.01% | 89,272 | 40.34% | 10,286 | 4.65% | 32,453 | 14.67% | 221,283 |
| Camden | 146,717 | 64.06% | 72,631 | 31.71% | 9,699 | 4.23% | 74,086 | 32.35% | 229,047 |
| Cape May | 18,750 | 38.07% | 28,446 | 57.75% | 2,061 | 4.18% | -9,696 | -19.68% | 49,257 |
| Cumberland | 27,771 | 51.11% | 24,453 | 45.01% | 2,107 | 3.88% | 3,318 | 6.10% | 54,331 |
| Essex | 240,837 | 76.97% | 63,176 | 20.19% | 8,871 | 2.84% | 177,661 | 56.78% | 312,884 |
| Gloucester | 66,870 | 47.34% | 67,544 | 47.82% | 6,840 | 4.84% | -674 | -0.48% | 141,254 |
| Hudson | 163,917 | 74.32% | 49,043 | 22.24% | 7,582 | 3.44% | 114,874 | 52.08% | 220,542 |
| Hunterdon | 28,898 | 40.33% | 38,712 | 54.02% | 4,050 | 5.65% | -9,814 | -13.69% | 71,660 |
| Mercer | 104,775 | 66.29% | 46,193 | 29.23% | 7,090 | 4.48% | 58,582 | 37.06% | 158,058 |
| Middlesex | 193,044 | 58.76% | 122,953 | 37.42% | 12,560 | 3.82% | 70,091 | 21.34% | 328,557 |
| Monmouth | 137,181 | 43.17% | 166,723 | 52.47% | 13,846 | 4.36% | -29,542 | -9.30% | 317,750 |
| Morris | 115,249 | 45.46% | 126,071 | 49.72% | 12,217 | 4.82% | -10,822 | -4.26% | 253,537 |
| Ocean | 87,150 | 31.49% | 179,079 | 64.71% | 10,496 | 3.80% | -91,929 | -33.22% | 276,725 |
| Passaic | 116,759 | 59.50% | 72,902 | 37.15% | 6,567 | 3.35% | 43,857 | 22.35% | 196,228 |
| Salem | 11,904 | 39.88% | 16,381 | 54.87% | 1,568 | 5.25% | -4,477 | -14.99% | 29,853 |
| Somerset | 85,689 | 54.55% | 65,505 | 41.70% | 5,898 | 3.75% | 20,184 | 12.85% | 157,092 |
| Sussex | 24,212 | 32.21% | 46,658 | 62.08% | 4,288 | 5.71% | -22,446 | -29.87% | 75,158 |
| Union | 147,414 | 65.94% | 68,114 | 30.47% | 8,042 | 3.59% | 79,300 | 35.47% | 223,570 |
| Warren | 17,281 | 34.78% | 29,858 | 60.10% | 2,544 | 5.12% | -12,577 | -25.32% | 49,683 |
| Totals | 2,148,278 | 54.99% | 1,601,933 | 41.00% | 156,512 | 4.01% | 546,345 | 13.99% | 3,906,723 |
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic  Hold Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic

##### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Gloucester (largest municipality: Washington Township)
* Salem (largest city: Salem)

#### By congressional district

Clinton won 7 of 12 congressional districts. Trump and Clinton each won a district held by the other party.
| District | Clinton | Trump | Representative |
| 1st | 60.6% | 36.1% | Donald Norcross |
| 2nd | 46.0% | 50.6% | Frank LoBiondo |
| 3rd | 45.2% | 51.4% | Tom MacArthur |
| 4th | 41.0% | 55.8% | Chris Smith |
| 5th | 47.7% | 48.8% | Scott Garrett |
| 5th | 47.7% | 48.8% | Josh Gottheimer |
| 6th | 56.2% | 40.6% | Frank Pallone Jr. |
| 7th | 48.6% | 47.5% | Leonard Lance |
| 8th | 75.7% | 21.5% | Albio Sires |
| 9th | 64.3% | 33.1% | Bill Pascrell |
| 10th | 85.2% | 12.8% | Donald Payne Jr. |
| 11th | 47.9% | 48.8% | Rodney Frelinghuysen |
| 12th | 65.0% | 31.8% | Bonnie Watson Coleman |

## Analysis

Hillary Clinton's 55.5% of the vote was 2.9% less than Barack Obama's win in the state in 2012. Overall, the trend from 2012 to 2016 was that suburban areas of central and northern New Jersey voted more Democratic, while the shore and southern New Jersey voted more Republican. Clinton's most notable improvements over Obama in 2012 were seen in Union, Somerset, and Morris Counties. In Morris, Clinton came within 5% of winning the county, which had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, and would later vote Democratic in 2020. Clinton's stronger performance in the suburban towns of north-central New Jersey, such as Summit, Westfield, and Bridgewater, helped her narrowly win the 7th congressional district.
On the other hand, southern New Jersey, especially Cumberland County and Salem County, voted significantly more Republican than they had in 2012. For example, even though Cumberland County voted Democratic in both 2012 and 2016, Clinton won it by just 6%, whereas Obama won it by nearly 24% in 2012. Meanwhile, Trump flipped Salem County after Obama won it in 2012, and he also was the first Republican to win Gloucester County since 1988. Additionally, the four shore counties of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May all voted more Republican than they had in 2012, as Mitt Romney had won these four counties collectively by around 6% in 2012, but Trump won them by 17% in 2016.