Who won New Jersey in the 2020 presidential election?

Biden (Democratic) carried New Jersey in 2020, winning its 14 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 2020?

New Jersey cast 14 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Did New Jersey vote for the national winner in 2020?

Yes. New Jersey backed Joe Biden, who won the presidency that year.

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2020

New Jersey: Biden carries 14 EV.

New Jersey cast its 14 electoral votes for Biden (Democratic). National winner: Joe Biden (Democratic) — New Jersey voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in New Jersey, 2020

In 2020, New Jersey awarded its 14 electoral votes to Biden of the Democratic party. New Jersey ended up on the winning side — Joe Biden captured the White House that year.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which New Jersey backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. New Jersey did not move alone — neighboring New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware broke the same way in 2020. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.

The 2020 national map

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