Somerset County is blue almost single-handedly because of Franklin Township. Without it Obama would’ve lost it twice (although Hillary still would’ve narrowly carried it). Morris lacks a community that could make it blue the same way.
Democrats won the congressional vote in Morris County pretty easily last year. I don’t have the township results, but that result could indicate a potential Democratic power base
Maybe that’s because Morris County is located in a district where the GOP ran a horrible candidate and got crushed by 15 points. We still can’t see what a normal win will look like.
I remember last year when our blue avatars were touting him as a great recruit and the strongest possible candidate.
