2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey facts for kids

Flag of New Jersey.

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

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withdrawn candidates	87,740	19.59%	0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