What part of New Jersey doesnt trend sharply lefft?
You would be surprised...most of the suburbs and all the rural areas are quite conservative. Trenton, Camden, and Newark are liberal cesspool urban centers dragging the rest of the state down.
North, north-east.
Ocean County is solid Republican. As is Sussex and Hunterdon. Bergen used to be red, buts its solid Red now.
Monmouth and Ocean Counties. They are the little red splotch on the coast in Blue Jersey.