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New Jersey 2000 vs 2008: county swing

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

Camden County: swing D+3.7Gloucester County: swing R+5.2Passaic County: swing D+3.1Bergen County: swing R+4.2Cape May County: swing R+5.4Essex County: swing D+7.1Hudson County: swing D+2.6Hunterdon County: swing D+5.7Mercer County: swing D+9.4Ocean County: swing R+17.0Salem County: swing R+1.6Somerset County: swing D+9.1Warren County: swing R+0.4Morris County: swing D+3.0Sussex County: swing R+0.1Atlantic County: swing R+3.8Burlington County: swing D+3.5Cumberland County: swing D+2.7Middlesex County: swing R+1.8Monmouth County: swing R+8.5Union County: swing D+5.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Ocean County R+1.6 R+18.6 R+17.0 216,393 271,460
Monmouth County flipped D+4.7 R+3.8 R+8.5 262,141 309,915
Cape May County R+3.4 R+8.8 R+5.4 47,594 50,381
Gloucester County D+17.5 D+12.3 R+5.2 107,298 137,982
Bergen County D+13.7 D+9.5 R+4.2 366,721 412,638
Atlantic County D+18.9 D+15.1 R+3.8 91,102 118,073
Middlesex County D+23.8 D+22.0 R+1.8 258,849 318,379
Salem County D+5.5 D+3.9 R+1.6 26,972 30,959
Warren County R+13.8 R+14.2 R+0.4 40,801 48,323
Sussex County R+20.8 R+20.9 R+0.1 57,490 73,340
Hudson County D+44.4 D+47.0 D+2.6 167,361 210,148
Cumberland County D+19.1 D+21.8 D+2.7 48,684 57,484
Morris County R+11.2 R+8.2 D+3.0 206,508 245,148
Passaic County D+18.7 D+21.8 D+3.1 156,573 186,196
Burlington County D+15.3 D+18.8 D+3.5 177,541 221,414
Camden County D+32.9 D+36.6 D+3.7 196,861 233,593
Union County D+23.3 D+28.4 D+5.1 186,373 220,650
Hunterdon County R+19.2 R+13.5 D+5.7 56,455 69,099
Essex County D+45.7 D+52.8 D+7.1 259,573 315,004
Somerset County flipped R+2.9 D+6.2 D+9.1 120,377 149,763
Mercer County D+27.0 D+36.4 D+9.4 135,559 158,549

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