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New Jersey is one of the fifty U.S. states. The state is considered a stronghold of the Democratic Party and has supported the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1992. Democrats have also controlled both chambers of the state legislature since 2004.

The state is considered a stronghold of the Democratic Party and has supported the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1992. Democrats have also controlled both chambers of the state legislature since 2004.

The Electoral College is a process, not a place or college. The political parties select the electors through the caucus and convention systems, which usually occur in the spring of the presidential year. Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Each state gets as many electors as it has members of Congress (House and Senate). Including Washington, D.C.'s three electors, there are currently 538 electors in all.

Other counties that generally vote Democratic include the more suburban counties of Bergen, Middlesex, Burlington, and Somerset. The state's more rural to suburban northwestern counties are Republican strongholds, namely mountainous Sussex, Hunterdon and Warren counties.

New Jersey has 14 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Indiana currently has 11 presidential electors. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States provides that each state shall appoint a number of electors equal to the number of Senators or Representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress.