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New Jersey presidential election results 2020

Joseph R. Biden carried New Jersey by 15.94 points (725,061 votes), winning 14 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
14
Votes counted
4,549,353
NJ result
D+15.9
Compared with the nation
11.5 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2016
1.8 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Joseph R. BidenDemocratic2,608,33557.33%14
Donald J. TrumpRepublican1,883,27441.40%—
OthersOthers57,7441.27%—
Total votes4,549,353

Sources: nj-2020.pdf · 2020

County resultsCertified

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New Jersey Division of Elections, Official List, Candidates for President, For GENERAL ELECTION 11/03/2020 Election (12/07/2020), 9 pages: one page per candidate with tallies by county
Open the original document · pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

All 8 tickets as printed in the document
Ticket (as printed)CodeVotesShare
JOSEPH R. BIDEN (Democratic)Democratic2,608,33557.33%
DONALD J. TRUMP (Republican)Republican1,883,27441.40%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)Libertarian Party31,6770.70%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)Green Party14,2020.31%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)—3,2550.07%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)—2,9540.06%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)—2,9280.06%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)ALLIANCE PARTY2,7280.06%
Camden County: Joseph R. Biden +33.6Gloucester County: Joseph R. Biden +1.9Passaic County: Joseph R. Biden +16.6Bergen County: Joseph R. Biden +16.4Cape May County: Donald J. Trump +16.0Essex County: Joseph R. Biden +55.4Hudson County: Joseph R. Biden +46.3Hunterdon County: Donald J. Trump +4.4Mercer County: Joseph R. Biden +40.1Ocean County: Donald J. Trump +28.8Salem County: Donald J. Trump +12.8Somerset County: Joseph R. Biden +21.1Warren County: Donald J. Trump +16.2Morris County: Joseph R. Biden +4.3Sussex County: Donald J. Trump +19.6Atlantic County: Joseph R. Biden +6.7Burlington County: Joseph R. Biden +19.6Cumberland County: Joseph R. Biden +6.1Middlesex County: Joseph R. Biden +22.1Monmouth County: Donald J. Trump +2.8Union County: Joseph R. Biden +35.7
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Joseph R. BidenDonald J. TrumpJO JORGENSENHOWIE HAWKINSBILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE TotalMargin
Atlantic 73,80864,43895836710810317772 140,031 6.7
Bergen 285,967204,4172,8521,375284327384243 495,849 16.4
Burlington 154,595103,3452,20660513036017482 261,497 19.6
Camden 175,06586,2071,884781151216199113 264,616 33.6
Cape May 23,94133,15831114059311955 57,714 16.0
Cumberland 32,74228,95239713971322649 62,408 6.1
Essex 266,82075,4751,296978104116278244 345,311 55.4
Gloucester 86,70283,3401,61644614912282197 172,654 1.9
Hudson 181,45265,6981,252782251102205108 249,850 46.3
Hunterdon 39,45743,15398541077774439 84,242 4.4
Mercer 122,53251,6411,4275649188125136 176,604 40.1
Middlesex 226,250143,4672,5541,221198247249176 374,362 22.1
Monmouth 181,291191,8082,7081,414340227181182 378,151 2.8
Morris 153,881141,1342,4361,005224207253182 299,322 4.3
Ocean 119,456217,7402,4691,05049414049118 341,516 28.8
Passaic 129,09792,0091,103805108145161279 223,707 16.6
Salem 14,47918,8274069340401720 33,922 12.8
Somerset 111,17371,9961,64162013311511665 185,859 21.1
Sussex 34,48151,6981,094352911039150 87,960 19.6
Union 170,24580,0021,4277926111657291 252,991 35.7
Warren 24,90134,76965526391404127 60,787 16.2

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Certificate of Ascertainment

The governor’s certificate naming New Jersey’s electors was signed on the seventh day of December, two thousand and twenty. Open the certificate (PDF, 4 pages)

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Questions and answers

Who won New Jersey in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden won New Jersey by 15.94 percentage points (725,061 votes).

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 2020?

New Jersey cast 14 electoral votes in 2020.

How many people voted for president in New Jersey in 2020?

4,549,353 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in New Jersey in 2020?

Joseph R. Biden 14, Donald J. Trump 7 (out of 21 counties with results).

How did New Jersey change from 2016 to 2020?

The margin moved 1.8 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 14.1 points to Democratic by 15.9 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data