“NJ, CA, NY, MA and CT are automatics for the dems.”
You forgot Illinois.
It’s a long list of automatic Democrat states: NY, NJ, PA, CT, MA, VT, ME, OR, WA, HI, IL, WI, MI, CA, MD, DC, quite a few.
Actually, didn’t NJ just pass a law stating that there electoral votes will go to the winner of the national popular vote? If so then there is no point in campaigning there. It also places it up for grabs for the Republicans for the first time in years.