How New Jersey has voted since 1960

New Jersey has 14 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 11 times and Republican 6 times. It has backed the national winner in 12 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 5.9 points, 7.4 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 67.5% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 19th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1992. Its closest result was in 1960, when John F. Kennedy won it by 0.8 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+0.8
  2. 1964Johnson+31.8
  3. 1968Nixon+2.1
  4. 1972Nixon+24.8
  5. 1976Ford+2.2
  6. 1980Reagan+13.4
  7. 1984Reagan+20.9
  8. 1988Bush+13.6
  9. 1992Clinton+2.4
  10. 1996Clinton+17.9
  11. 2000Gore+15.8
  12. 2004Kerry+6.7
  13. 2008Obama+15.6
  14. 2012Obama+17.7
  15. 2016Clinton+14.1
  16. 2020Biden+15.9
  17. 2024Harris+5.9

Each box is one election: the winner in New Jersey and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 9 Democrats, 3 Republicans

All 12 members
  1. 1 Donald Norcross (D)
  2. 2 Jefferson Van Drew (R)
  3. 3 Herbert C. Conaway (D)
  4. 4 Christopher H. Smith (R)
  5. 5 Josh Gottheimer (D)
  6. 6 Frank Pallone (D)
  7. 7 Thomas H. Kean (R)
  8. 8 Robert Menendez (D)
  9. 9 Nellie Pou (D)
  10. 10 LaMonica McIver (D)
  11. 11 Analilia Mejia (D)
  12. 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

New Jersey margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in New Jersey in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+0.8 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+31.8 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+2.1 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+24.8 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+2.2 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+13.4 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+20.9 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+13.6 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+2.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+17.9 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+15.8 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+6.7 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+15.6 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+17.7 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+14.1 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+15.9 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+5.9 (nation R+1.5)'24

New Jersey margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 12 of New Jersey's 21 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 9.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Bergen County459,077D+3.4→R 13.1
Middlesex County365,187D+8.0→R 14.1
Monmouth County360,143R+11.4→R 8.6
Ocean County337,135R+36.0→R 7.2
Essex County313,283D+44.9→R 10.5
Morris County284,666R+2.7→R 7.0
Camden County246,954D+27.4→R 6.1
Union County240,632D+24.2→R 11.5
Hudson County231,181D+28.1→R 18.3
Burlington County229,466D+16.6→R 3.0

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Passaic County (19.4), Hudson County (18.3), Middlesex County (14.1); toward the Democrat, Hunterdon County (2.3), Burlington County (3.0), Cape May County (3.3) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 52.0%2,220,713Trump 46.1%1,968,2152.0%D+5.9R+1.567.5%14
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 57.3%2,608,335Trump 41.4%1,883,2741.3%D+15.9D+4.572.0%14
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 55.5%2,148,278Trump 41.4%1,601,9333.2%D+14.1D+2.166.4%14
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 58.3%2,122,786Romney 40.6%1,478,0881.0%D+17.7D+3.962.4%14
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 57.3%2,215,422McCain 41.7%1,613,2071.0%D+15.6D+7.367.7%15
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 52.9%1,911,430Bush 46.2%1,670,0030.8%D+6.7R+2.564.5%15
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 56.1%1,788,850Bush 40.3%1,284,1733.6%D+15.8D+0.559.3%15
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 53.7%1,652,361Dole 35.9%1,103,099Perot 8.5%D+17.9D+8.556.9%15
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 43.0%1,436,206Bush 40.6%1,356,865Perot 15.6%D+2.4D+5.662.0%15
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 42.6%1,320,352Bush 56.2%1,743,1921.2%R+13.6R+7.757.1%16
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 39.2%1,261,323Reagan 60.1%1,933,6300.7%R+20.9R+18.260.5%16
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 38.6%1,147,364Reagan 52.0%1,546,557Anderson 7.9%R+13.4R+9.758.5%17
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 47.9%1,444,653Ford 50.1%1,509,6882.0%R+2.2D+2.1—17
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 36.8%Nixon 61.6%1.7%R+24.8R+23.2—17
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 44.0%Nixon 46.1%Wallace 9.1%R+2.1R+0.7—17
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 65.6%Goldwater 33.9%0.5%D+31.8D+22.6—17
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 50.0%Nixon 49.2%0.9%D+0.8D+0.2—16

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1619601950 census
  • 171964–19681960 census
  • 171972–19801970 census
  • 161984–19881980 census
  • 151992–20001990 census
  • 152004–20082000 census
  • 142012–20202010 census
  • 142024–20282020 census
  • 142032–2040projected

Projected: New Jersey's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 14. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

New Jersey cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 30 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican16+30.8✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican16+15.0✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican16+4.6–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic16+1.4✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic16+3.6✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic16+20.1✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic16+2.0✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican14+20.1✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican14+34.9✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican14+40.8✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican14+12.1–
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic14+7.7✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican12+18.5✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican12+19.7✓
1900William McKinley Republican10+14.7✓
1896William McKinley Republican10+24.7✓
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic10+4.6✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic9+2.4–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic9+1.7✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic9+0.8–
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic9+5.7–
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican9+8.8✓
1868Horatio Seymour Democratic7+1.8–
1864George B. McClellan Democratic7+5.7–
1860Abraham Lincoln RepublicanSplit: Lincoln 4, Douglas 37+-3.7✓
1856James Buchanan Democratic7+18.7✓
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic7+6.9✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig7+4.0✓
1844Henry Clay Whig7+1.1–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig8+3.6✓
1836William Henry Harrison Whig8+1.1–
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic8+0.8✓
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican8+4.3–
1824Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican8+10.2–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican8—–
1808James Madison Democratic-Republican8—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican8—✓
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 7, Pinckney 77—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 7, Pinckney 77—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 7, Adams 77—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 6, Jay 5, Adams 16—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.