United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012

United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012

November 6, 2012

Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Massachusetts Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan Electoral vote 14 0 Popular vote 2,125,101 1,477,568 Percentage 58.38% 40.59%

County Results Obama   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Romney   50-60%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. New Jersey voters chose 14 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Due to the difficulty of getting to polling places because of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, voters who were displaced were allowed to vote electronically. Officials were not prepared for the 15 minutes that it took to validate each request, and were deluged by voters who were not displaced asking to vote electronically, so voting was extended until Friday, November 9, at 8 PM. Requests had to be submitted by 5 PM.^[1]

New Jersey was won by President Obama with 58.38% of the vote to Romney's 40.59%, a 17.79% margin of victory.^[2] New Jersey was one of just six states to swing in President Obama's favor between 2008 and 2012, giving him the largest vote share for a Democratic presidential nominee in the state since the 1964 Democratic landslide.

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:^[3]

• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
• Merlin Miller/Harry Bertram, American Third Position
• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
• Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice
• Jeff Boss/Bob Pasternak, NSA Did 911
• Peta Lindsay/Yari Osorio, Socialism and Liberation
• James Harris/Maura Deluca, Socialist Workers

By county

Results of the general election by municipality, darker colors indicate higher win percentage:
-Blue municipalities won by Obama
-Red municipalities won by Romney

County	Obama%	Obama#	Romney%	Romney#	Johnson%	Johnson#	Stein%	Stein#	Others%	Others#	Total
Atlantic	57.96%	65,600	41.10%	46,522	0.51%	579	0.18%	203	0.24%	275	113,179
Bergen	55.20%	212,754	43.87%	169,070	0.45%	1,752	0.33%	1,270	0.15%	561	385,407
Burlington	58.53%	126,377	40.48%	87,401	0.63%	1,367	0.24%	528	0.12%	263	215,936
Camden	68.17%	153,682	30.82%	69,476	0.55%	1,250	0.31%	697	0.14%	323	225,428
Cape May	45.18%	21,657	53.79%	25,781	0.53%	253	0.23%	112	0.27%	128	47,932
Cumberland	61.59%	34,055	37.36%	20,658	0.51%	283	0.21%	117	0.32%	179	55,292
Essex	78.09%	236,618	21.25%	64,406	0.32%	962	0.20%	602	0.14%	431	303,019
Gloucester	54.74%	74,013	43.98%	59,456	0.77%	1,040	0.40%	539	0.11%	155	135,203
Hudson	77.52%	153,108	21.45%	42,369	0.51%	1,002	0.34%	674	0.18%	351	197,504
Hunterdon	40.42%	26,876	58.18%	38,687	0.83%	549	0.36%	238	0.22%	144	66,495
Mercer	67.99%	104,377	30.85%	47,355	0.60%	915	0.35%	530	0.22%	334	153,511
Middlesex	63.24%	190,555	35.61%	107,310	0.61%	1,851	0.28%	852	0.25%	747	301,315
Monmouth	46.89%	133,145	51.95%	147,513	0.78%	2,228	0.25%	708	0.14%	384	283,979
Morris	44.04%	100,146	54.95%	124,947	0.60%	1,375	0.21%	485	0.19%	439	227,393
Ocean	40.71%	102,300	58.29%	146,474	0.58%	1,467	0.20%	507	0.21%	525	251,274
Passaic	63.70%	115,926	35.45%	64,523	0.39%	717	0.28%	515	0.17%	307	181,988
Salem	49.89%	14,719	48.59%	14,334	0.83%	248	0.40%	121	0.26%	79	29,502
Somerset	52.19%	74,592	46.60%	66,603	0.76%	1,088	0.25%	358	0.20%	280	142,921
Sussex	38.43%	26,104	59.80%	40,625	1.11%	757	0.38%	255	0.28%	192	67,934
Union	66.60%	139,752	32.56%	68,314	0.45%	952	0.20%	410	0.19%	403	209,831
Warren	41.41%	18,745	56.87%	25,744	0.91%	410	0.37%	167	0.45%	204	45,271
Totals	58.38%	2,125,101	40.59%	1,477,568	0.58%	21,045	0.27%	9,888	0.18%	6,704	3,640,292

Democratic primary

Incumbent Barack Obama ran unopposed^[4] in the Democratic primary held on June 5, 2012. He received 283,673 votes^[5] according to the Secretary of State, though county clerks' websites report write-in votes as well. The state's 172 delegates voted unanimously for Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[6]

Republican primary

New Jersey Republican primary, 2012

June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)

Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Party Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Delegate count 50 0 Popular vote 188,121 24,017 Percentage 81.3% 10.4%

The Republican primary occurred on June 5, 2012.^[7][8]

New Jersey sent fifty delegates to the Republican National Convention on August 5, 2012. All fifty delegates were awarded by a winner-take-all statewide vote. New Jersey Republican Party rules obligate and require the delegates to cast their vote for the winner of the primary on the first three ballots at the convention.^[9]

New Jersey Republican primary, 2012[5]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	188,121	81.3%	50
Ron Paul	24,017	10.4%	0
Rick Santorum	12,115	5.2%	0
Newt Gingrich	7,212	3.1%	0
Pledged leaders:			3
Total:	231,465	100.0%	50

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References

External links

• The Green Papers: for New Jersey
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order