United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016 (New Johannson Scenario)



The 2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 8, 2016. All contemporary 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 2016 United States presidential election. New Jersey voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice-President.

New Jersey was won in a landslide by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Edward H. Johannson of Minnesota, and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Neel Kashkari of California. Johannson and Kashkari defeated the Democratic nominees, Governor John C. Dickenson of Georgia and his running mate, Attorney General Chris Koster of Missouri.

Johannson carried New Jersey overwhelmingly with 67.65 percent of the vote to Dickenson's 31.82 percent, a victory margin of 35.83 percent. On the county level map, reflecting the decisiveness of his victory, Johannson decisively swept all 21 of New Jersey's counties, making New Jersey one of thirty states throughout the country where he won every county. Johannson broke sixty percent of the vote in all but three counties and broke seventy percent in nine counties.

Johannson had swept into office in 2012, in the wake of the unpopularity of the Clinton Administration. Once in office, Johannson governed as a fiscal conservative and social moderate, seeking a reduction in taxes and regulations but also supporting infrastructure investment, criminal justice reform, and education reform, as well as the enhancement of civil rights and voting rights protections. Thus, Johannson garnered very strong support among moderate and liberal voters in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Coast, part of what allowed for him to beat Dickenson in a landslide.

New Jersey at this time was a swing state with a slight Republican lean. Due to the overwhelming nature of Johannson's victory, the state weighed in as a solid 13.28% more Republican than the national average, proving to be Johannson's best state in the Mid-Atlantic section of the United States.