United States presidential elections in New Jersey

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Presidential elections in New Jersey
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Number of elections60
Voted Democratic27
Voted Republican19
Voted Whig4
Voted Democratic-Republican5
Voted Federalist3
Voted other2 [a]
Voted for winning candidate43
Voted for losing candidate17

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in New Jersey, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, New Jersey has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Contents

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [b]
VotesPercentElectoral
votes
Notes
2024 Donald Trump 1,968,21546.06 Kamala Harris 2,220,71351.9714
2020 [1] Joe Biden 2,608,33557.14 Donald Trump 1,883,27441.2614
2016 [2] Donald Trump [c] 1,601,93341.00 Hillary Clinton 2,148,27854.77-14
2012 [3] Barack Obama 2,125,10158.38 Mitt Romney 1,477,56840.59-14
2008 [4] Barack Obama 2,215,42257.27 John McCain 1,613,20741.70-15
2004 [5] George W. Bush 1,670,00346.24 John Kerry 1,911,43052.92-15
2000 [6] George W. Bush [c] 1,284,17340.29 Al Gore 1,788,85056.13-15
1996 [7] Bill Clinton 1,652,32953.72 Bob Dole 1,103,07835.86 Ross Perot 262,1348.5215
1992 Bill Clinton 1,436,20642.95 George H. W. Bush 1,356,86540.58 Ross Perot 521,82915.6115
1988 George H. W. Bush 1,743,19256.24 Michael Dukakis 1,320,35242.60-16
1984 Ronald Reagan 1,933,63060.09 Walter Mondale 1,261,32339.20-16
1980 Ronald Reagan 1,546,55751.97 Jimmy Carter 1,147,36438.56 John B. Anderson 234,6327.8817
1976 Jimmy Carter 1,444,65347.92 Gerald Ford 1,509,68850.08-17
1972 Richard Nixon 1,845,50261.57 George McGovern 1,102,21136.77-17
1968 Richard Nixon 1,325,46746.10 Hubert Humphrey 1,264,20643.97 George Wallace 262,1879.1217
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 1,867,67165.61 Barry Goldwater 963,84333.86-17
1960 John F. Kennedy 1,385,41549.96 Richard Nixon 1,363,32449.16-16
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,606,94264.68 Adlai Stevenson II 850,33734.23 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [d]
5,3170.2116
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,374,61356.81 Adlai Stevenson II 1,015,90241.99-16
1948 Harry S. Truman 895,45545.93 Thomas E. Dewey 981,12450.33 Strom Thurmond -16
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 987,87450.31 Thomas E. Dewey 961,33548.95-16
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,016,40451.48 Wendell Willkie 944,87647.86-16
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,083,85059.54 Alf Landon 720,32239.57-16
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 806,39449.49 Herbert Hoover 775,40647.59-16
1928 Herbert Hoover 925,28559.77 Al Smith 616,16239.80-14
1924 Calvin Coolidge 675,16262.17 John W. Davis 297,74327.41 Robert M. La Follette 108,90110.0314
1920 Warren G. Harding 611,54167.65 James M. Cox 256,88728.42 Parley P. Christensen 2,2000.2414
1916 Woodrow Wilson 211,01842.68 Charles E. Hughes 268,98254.40-14
1912 Woodrow Wilson 178,28941.20 Theodore Roosevelt 145,41033.60 William H. Taft 88,83520.5314
1908 William H. Taft 265,29856.80 William Jennings Bryan 182,52239.07-12
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 245,16456.68 Alton B. Parker 164,56638.05-12
1900 William McKinley 221,70755.28 William Jennings Bryan 164,80841.09-10
1896 William McKinley 221,53559.68 William Jennings Bryan 133,69536.02-10
1892 Grover Cleveland 171,06650.67 Benjamin Harrison 156,10146.24 James B. Weaver 9850.2910
1888 Benjamin Harrison [c] 144,36047.52 Grover Cleveland 151,50849.87-9
1884 Grover Cleveland 127,79848.98 James G. Blaine 123,44047.31-9
1880 James A. Garfield 120,55549.02 Winfield S. Hancock 122,56549.84 James B. Weaver 2,6171.069
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [c] 103,51747.01 Samuel J. Tilden 115,96252.66-9
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 91,65654.52 Horace Greeley 76,45645.48-9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 80,13249.1 Horatio Seymour 83,00150.9-7
1864 Abraham Lincoln 60,72447.2 George B. McClellan 68,02052.8-7

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

New Jersey’s electoral vote was split, with four of the electors pledged to Lincoln being elected because the alternative, a fusion ticket of electors supporting other candidates, saw the Breckinridge and Bell electors finish behind all other candidates. [8] and three Douglas electors being elected. [8]

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 58,34648.1 Stephen A. Douglas no ballots John C. Breckinridge no ballots John Bell no ballots7

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [b]
VotesPercentElectoral
votes
Notes
1856 James Buchanan 46,94347.23 John C. Frémont 28,33828.51 Millard Fillmore 24,11524.267
1852 Franklin Pierce 44,30553.24 Winfield Scott 38,55646.33 John P. Hale 3590.437
1848 Zachary Taylor 40,01551.48 Lewis Cass 36,90147.47 Martin Van Buren 8191.057
1844 James K. Polk 37,49549.37 Henry Clay 38,31850.46-7
1840 William Henry Harrison 33,35151.74 Martin Van Buren 31,03448.15-8
1836 Martin Van Buren 25,59249.47 William Henry Harrison 26,13750.53various [e] 8
1832 Andrew Jackson 23,82649.89 Henry Clay 23,46649.13 William Wirt 4680.988
1828 Andrew Jackson 21,80947.86 John Quincy Adams 23,75352.12-8

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
votes
1824 Andrew Jackson 10,33252.08 John Quincy Adams 8,30941.89 Henry Clay no ballots William H. Crawford 1,1966.038

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 8 of New Jersey's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.

YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)Electoral
votes
Notes
1820 James Monroe -8Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816 James Monroe Rufus King 8
1812 James Madison DeWitt Clinton 8Legislature chose electors
1808 James Madison Charles C. Pinckney 8
1804 Thomas Jefferson Charles C. Pinckney 8
1800 Thomas Jefferson John Adams 7Legislature chose electors
1796 John Adams Thomas Jefferson 7
1792 George Washington -7Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89 George Washington -6Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes

  1. George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in New Jersey.

References

  1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. 1 2 Dubin, Michael J., United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State, McFarland & Company, 2002, p. 187.