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State record · NJ

New Jersey

14 electoral votes in 202421 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: D+1.8 two-party · 163,133 votes18681872: R+9.0 two-party · 168,112 votes1876: D+5.7 two-party · 220,193 votes1880: D+0.8 two-party · 245,928 votes1884: D+1.7 two-party · 260,825 votes1888: D+2.4 two-party · 303,634 votes18881892: D+4.6 two-party · 337,485 votes1896: R+24.7 two-party · 371,014 votes1900: R+14.7 two-party · 401,050 votes1904: R+19.7 two-party · 432,247 votes1908: R+18.5 two-party · 467,111 votes19081912: D+33.5 two-party · 433,663 votes1916: R+12.1 two-party · 494,442 votes1920: R+40.8 two-party · 903,883 votes1924: R+38.8 two-party · 1,086,079 votes1928: R+20.1 two-party · 1,548,195 votes19281932: D+2.0 two-party · 1,629,500 votes1936: D+20.2 two-party · 1,819,127 votes1940: D+3.6 two-party · 1,974,215 votes1944: D+1.4 two-party · 1,963,761 votes1948: R+4.6 two-party · 1,949,555 votes19481952: R+15.0 two-party · 2,418,554 votes1956: R+30.8 two-party · 2,484,312 votes1960: D+0.8 two-party · 2,773,111 votes1964: D+31.9 two-party · 2,846,770 votes1968: R+2.4 two-party · 2,875,395 votes19681972: R+25.2 two-party · 2,997,229 votes1976: R+2.2 two-party · 3,014,472 votes · 17 EV1980: R+14.8 two-party · 2,975,684 votes · 17 EV1984: R+21.0 two-party · 3,217,862 votes · 16 EV1988: R+13.8 two-party · 3,099,553 votes · 16 EV19881992: D+2.8 two-party · 3,343,594 votes · 15 EV1996: D+19.9 two-party · 3,075,860 votes · 15 EV2000: D+16.4 two-party · 3,187,226 votes · 15 EV2004: D+6.7 two-party · 3,611,691 votes · 15 EV2008: D+15.7 two-party · 3,868,237 votes · 15 EV20082012: D+17.9 two-party · 3,638,499 votes · 14 EV2016: D+14.6 two-party · 3,874,046 votes · 14 EV2020: D+16.1 two-party · 4,549,353 votes · 14 EV2024: D+6.0 two-party · 4,272,725 votes · 14 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%