New Jersey — Elections 1876–2024

New Jersey: state. In 2024, voted D+6%. Republican peak: R+39 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+6MIT Election Lab
Political typology: Akashic typology
Population: 9,343,8092024 5-year
Median household income: $103,5562024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 54.0%2024 5-year
Black: 12.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 22.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+32 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+39 in 1920MIT Election Lab

2024 presidential election

New Jersey

HarrisD+6

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	51.8%	2,220,713
Donald TrumpRepublican	45.9%	1,968,215
OtherAll other candidates	2.3%	98,812

D+60

R+60

21 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	+4.4%
1896	−23.6%
1900	−14.2%
1904	−18.7%
1908	−17.7%
1912	+20.7%
1916	−11.7%
1920	−39.2%
1924	−34.8%
1928	−20.0%
1932	+1.9%
1936	+20.0%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+1.4%
1948	−4.4%
1952	−14.8%
1956	−30.5%
1960	+0.8%
1964	+31.7%
1968	−2.1%
1972	−24.8%
1976	−2.2%
1980	−13.4%
1984	−20.9%
1988	−13.6%
1992	+2.4%
1996	+17.9%
2000	+15.8%
2004	+6.7%
2008	+15.6%
2012	+17.7%
2016	+14.0%
2020	+16.0%
2024	+5.9%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+5.9%	2,220,713	1,968,215	4,287,740
2020	D	+16.0%	2,608,400	1,883,313	4,523,390
2016	D	+14.0%	2,148,278	1,601,933	3,906,723
2012	D	+17.7%	2,126,610	1,478,749	3,651,140
2008	D	+15.6%	2,215,422	1,613,207	3,868,237
2004	D	+6.7%	1,911,430	1,670,003	3,612,137
2000	D	+15.8%	1,788,850	1,284,173	3,187,226
1996	D	+17.9%	1,652,329	1,103,078	3,075,807
1992	D	+2.4%	1,436,206	1,356,865	3,343,594
1988	R	−13.6%	1,320,352	1,743,192	3,099,553
1984	R	−20.9%	1,261,323	1,933,630	3,217,862
1980	R	−13.4%	1,147,364	1,546,557	2,975,684
1976	R	−2.2%	1,444,653	1,509,688	3,014,472
1972	R	−24.8%	1,102,211	1,845,502	2,997,229
1968	R	−2.1%	1,264,206	1,325,467	2,875,395
1964	D	+31.7%	1,867,671	963,843	2,846,770
1960	D	+0.8%	1,385,415	1,363,324	2,773,111
1956	R	−30.5%	850,337	1,606,942	2,484,312
1952	R	−14.8%	1,015,902	1,373,613	2,418,554
1948	R	−4.4%	895,455	981,124	1,949,555
1944	D	+1.4%	987,874	961,335	1,963,761
1940	D	+3.6%	1,016,404	944,876	1,974,215
1936	D	+20.0%	1,083,549	719,421	1,819,122
1932	D	+1.9%	806,394	775,406	1,629,500
1928	R	−20.0%	616,162	925,285	1,548,195
1924	R	−34.8%	297,743	675,162	1,086,079
1920	R	−39.2%	256,887	611,451	903,844
1916	R	−11.7%	211,018	268,982	494,442
1912	D	+20.7%	178,638	89,066	433,663
1908	R	−17.7%	182,522	265,298	467,111
1904	R	−18.7%	164,566	245,164	429,867
1900	R	−14.2%	164,808	221,707	401,050
1896	R	−23.6%	133,675	221,367	371,014
1892	D	+4.4%	171,066	156,102	337,623
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	53.6%	44.0%	4,031,795
2020	D	57.2%	40.9%	4,440,440
2018	D	54.0%	42.8%	3,169,310
2014	D	55.8%	42.3%	1,869,535
2012	D	58.9%	39.4%	3,376,649
2008	D	56.0%	42.0%	3,482,445
2006	D	53.4%	44.3%	2,250,070
2002	D	53.9%	43.9%	2,112,604
2000	D	50.1%	47.1%	3,015,662
1996	D	52.7%	42.6%	2,883,466
1994	D	50.3%	47.0%	2,054,887
1990	D	50.4%	47.4%	1,938,454
1988	D	53.6%	45.2%	2,987,634
1984	D	64.2%	34.9%	3,096,456
1982	D	50.9%	47.8%	2,193,945
1978	D	55.3%	43.1%	1,957,515
1976	D	60.7%	38.0%	2,771,390

Demographics

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

Italian

13.7%

Irish

12.1%

German

8.6%

English

4.9%

Polish

4.6%

American

3.3%

French

0.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.7%

65–74

5.3%

6.6%

55–64

6.9%

6.4%

45–54

6.5%

6.7%

35–44

6.6%

6.5%

25–34

6.4%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

8.3%

5–17

7.9%

2.9%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$103,556

New Jersey ranks near the middle of US counties.

New Jersey$103,556

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.7%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1812.8%

Working age (18–64)8.5%

Seniors (65+)12.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

66.8%

speak English only

Spanish17.2%

Other Indo-European8.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander5.1%

Other languages2.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

32.8%

Non-Christian

7.2%

Other Christian

5.0%

Mainline Protestant

2.3%

Baptist

2.0%

Methodist

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Jersey sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-two points in 1964 and a Republican high of thirty-nine points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the state moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was six points.

A population of 9,343,809, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,556 describe the state.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New Jersey vote in 2024?

In 2024, New Jersey voted Democratic by 5.9 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,287,740 votes cast, 2,220,713 went Democratic and 1,968,215 went Republican.

What is New Jersey's political typology?

Akashic places New Jersey in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.

When did New Jersey last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which New Jersey voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in New Jersey?

New Jersey has a population of 9,343,809 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New Jersey?

Median household income in New Jersey is $103,556 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.

What is the political history of New Jersey?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The state's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Middlesex County, NJ	R +57,609
Hudson County, NJ	R +54,904
Passaic County, NJ	R +51,383

New Jersey has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+6 in 2024.

Key facts

U.S. Senate

Demographics

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