Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of New Jersey there have been 28 elections of which: 15 have been won by Democrats, 13 won by Republicans, and 0 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 14
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 178,289 14 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 88,835
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 2,936
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 145,410
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 15,948
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) 1,321
2,662,262 432,739 16.25% D
1916 14
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 211,018
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 10,405
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 268,982 14 Electoral Votes
O Frank Hanly (IN) 3,182
2,912,451 493,587 16.95% R
1920 14
D James M. Cox (OH) 256,887
O Parley P. Christensen (IL) 2,200
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 611,541 14 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 27,141
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN) 4,734
O Other (XX) 923
3,155,900 903,426 28.63% R
1924 14
D John W. Davis (WV) 297,743
O Herman P. Faris (MO) 1,337
O Other (XX) 819
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 675,162 14 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 108,901
O William Z. Foster (MA) 1,540
3,402,574 1,085,502 31.9% R
1928 14
D Al Smith (NY) 616,162
O William Z. Foster (IL) 1,240
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 925,285 14 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 4,866
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI) 488
3,649,248 1,548,041 42.42% R
1932 16
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 806,394 16 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 42,988
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 775,406
O Other (XX) 4,719
4,122,161 1,629,507 39.53% D
1936 16
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 1,083,850 16 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 9,407
O Earl Browder (KS) 2,927
R Alfred Landon (KS) 720,322
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,931
4,283,814 1,820,437 42.5% D
1940 16
O Norman Thomas (NY) 2,823
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 944,876
O Other (XX) 10,111
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 1,016,404 16 Electoral Votes
4,160,165 1,974,214 47.46% D
1944 16
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 987,874 16 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 11,194
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 961,335
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,358
4,326,572 1,963,761 45.39% D
1948 16
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 981,124 16 Electoral Votes
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 42,683
O Other (XX) 19,772
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 895,455
O Strom Thurmond (SC)
O Norman Thomas (NY) 10,521
4,492,979 1,949,555 43.39% R
1952 16
O Eric Hass (NY) 5,815
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 1,015,902
O Stuart Hamblen (TX) 989
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 1,374,613 16 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 5,589
4,932,036 2,402,908 48.72% R
1956 16
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 850,337
O Eric Hass (NY) 6,736
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 1,606,942 16 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 5,317
5,125,449 2,469,332 48.18% R
1960 16
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,363,324
O Eric Hass (NY) 4,262
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 1,385,415 16 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
6,066,782 2,753,001 45.38% D
1964 17
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 963,843
O Eric Hass (NY) 7,075
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 1,867,671 17 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
6,309,453 2,838,589 44.99% D
1968 17
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 262,187
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 1,264,206
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,325,467 17 Electoral Votes
6,552,124 2,851,860 43.53% R
1972 17
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 1,102,211
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,845,502 17 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 34,378
7,311,527 2,982,091 40.79% R
1976 17
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 1,509,688 17 Electoral Votes
O Roger MacBride (VT) 9,449
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 1,444,653
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) 32,717
7,598,254 2,996,507 39.44% R
1980 17
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 1,147,364
O Ed Clark (CA) 20,652
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 1,546,557 17 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 234,632
7,364,823 2,949,205 40.04% R
1984 16
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 1,261,323
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 1,933,630 16 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 6,416
7,659,416 3,201,369 41.8% R
1988 16
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 1,320,352
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 5,139
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 1,743,192 16 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 8,421
7,954,009 3,077,104 38.69% R
1992 15
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 1,356,865
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 6,822
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 1,436,206 15 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 521,829
O Other (XX) 21,872
7,884,792 3,343,594 42.41% D
1996 15
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 1,652,329 15 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 262,134
O Harry Browne (TN) 14,763
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 1,103,078
O Ralph Nader (CT) 32,465
O Other (XX) 11,038
8,193,999 3,075,807 37.54% D
2000 15
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 1,788,850 15 Electoral Votes
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 6,989
O Howard Phillips (VA) 1,409
O Other (XX) 2,724
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,284,173
O Ralph Nader (CT) 94,554
O Harry Browne (TN) 6,312
O John Hagelin (IA) 2,215
8,414,350 3,187,226 37.88% D
2004 15
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 1,911,430 15 Electoral Votes
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 4,514
O David Cobb (TX) 1,807
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,670,003
O Ralph Nader (CT) 19,418
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 2,750
O Other (XX) 1,769
8,750,924 3,611,691 41.27% D
2008 15
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 8,441
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 3,636
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 2,215,422 15 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 21,298
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 3,956
O Other (XX) 2,277
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 1,613,207
9,087,498 3,868,237 42.57% D
2012 14
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 2,125,101 14 Electoral Votes
O Gary Johnson (NM) 21,045
O Other (XX) 6,690
R Mitt Romney (MA) 1,477,568
O Jill Stein (MA) 9,888
8,967,732 3,640,292 40.59% D
2016 14
O Jill Stein (MA) 37,131
R Donal Trump (NY) 1,509,688
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 72,040
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 1,967,444 14 Electoral Votes
9,319,407 3,586,303 38.48% D
2020 14
D Joe Biden (DE) 2,608,335 14 Electoral Votes
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 31,677
R Donald Trump (FL) 1,883,274
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 14,202
9,322,747 4,537,488 48.67% D