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New Jersey 2000 vs 2004: county swing

21 of 21 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Camden County: swing R+7.4Gloucester County: swing R+12.2Passaic County: swing R+7.2Bergen County: swing R+9.2Cape May County: swing R+11.1Essex County: swing R+4.1Hudson County: swing R+9.1Hunterdon County: swing R+1.5Mercer County: swing R+3.6Ocean County: swing R+19.0Salem County: swing R+12.1Somerset County: swing R+1.4Warren County: swing R+10.1Morris County: swing R+4.6Sussex County: swing R+8.7Atlantic County: swing R+13.0Burlington County: swing R+8.3Cumberland County: swing R+12.5Middlesex County: swing R+10.3Monmouth County: swing R+14.7Union County: swing R+5.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Ocean County R+1.6 R+20.6 R+19.0 216,393 254,306
Monmouth County flipped D+4.7 R+10.0 R+14.7 262,141 299,939
Atlantic County D+18.9 D+5.9 R+13.0 91,102 106,097
Cumberland County D+19.1 D+6.6 R+12.5 48,684 53,185
Gloucester County D+17.5 D+5.3 R+12.2 107,298 127,964
Salem County flipped D+5.5 R+6.6 R+12.1 26,972 29,781
Cape May County R+3.4 R+14.5 R+11.1 47,594 50,762
Middlesex County D+23.8 D+13.5 R+10.3 258,849 295,805
Warren County R+13.8 R+23.9 R+10.1 40,801 48,208
Bergen County D+13.7 D+4.5 R+9.2 366,721 400,244
Hudson County D+44.4 D+35.3 R+9.1 167,361 189,446
Sussex County R+20.8 R+29.5 R+8.7 57,490 69,396
Burlington County D+15.3 D+7.0 R+8.3 177,541 207,956
Camden County D+32.9 D+25.5 R+7.4 196,861 220,933
Passaic County D+18.7 D+11.5 R+7.2 156,573 171,311
Union County D+23.3 D+18.1 R+5.2 186,373 203,387
Morris County R+11.2 R+15.8 R+4.6 206,508 235,154
Essex County D+45.7 D+41.6 R+4.1 259,573 289,348
Mercer County D+27.0 D+23.4 R+3.6 135,559 149,510
Hunterdon County R+19.2 R+20.7 R+1.5 56,455 66,680
Somerset County R+2.9 R+4.3 R+1.4 120,377 140,279

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data