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New Jersey 2004 vs 2008: county swing

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

Camden County: swing D+11.1Gloucester County: swing D+7.0Passaic County: swing D+10.3Bergen County: swing D+5.0Cape May County: swing D+5.7Essex County: swing D+11.2Hudson County: swing D+11.7Hunterdon County: swing D+7.2Mercer County: swing D+13.0Ocean County: swing D+2.0Salem County: swing D+10.5Somerset County: swing D+10.5Warren County: swing D+9.7Morris County: swing D+7.6Sussex County: swing D+8.6Atlantic County: swing D+9.2Burlington County: swing D+11.8Cumberland County: swing D+15.2Middlesex County: swing D+8.5Monmouth County: swing D+6.2Union County: swing D+10.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Ocean County R+20.6 R+18.6 D+2.0 254,306 271,460
Bergen County D+4.5 D+9.5 D+5.0 400,244 412,638
Cape May County R+14.5 R+8.8 D+5.7 50,762 50,381
Monmouth County R+10.0 R+3.8 D+6.2 299,939 309,915
Gloucester County D+5.3 D+12.3 D+7.0 127,964 137,982
Hunterdon County R+20.7 R+13.5 D+7.2 66,680 69,099
Morris County R+15.8 R+8.2 D+7.6 235,154 245,148
Middlesex County D+13.5 D+22.0 D+8.5 295,805 318,379
Sussex County R+29.5 R+20.9 D+8.6 69,396 73,340
Atlantic County D+5.9 D+15.1 D+9.2 106,097 118,073
Warren County R+23.9 R+14.2 D+9.7 48,208 48,323
Passaic County D+11.5 D+21.8 D+10.3 171,311 186,196
Union County D+18.1 D+28.4 D+10.3 203,387 220,650
Salem County flipped R+6.6 D+3.9 D+10.5 29,781 30,959
Somerset County flipped R+4.3 D+6.2 D+10.5 140,279 149,763
Camden County D+25.5 D+36.6 D+11.1 220,933 233,593
Essex County D+41.6 D+52.8 D+11.2 289,348 315,004
Hudson County D+35.3 D+47.0 D+11.7 189,446 210,148
Burlington County D+7.0 D+18.8 D+11.8 207,956 221,414
Mercer County D+23.4 D+36.4 D+13.0 149,510 158,549
Cumberland County D+6.6 D+21.8 D+15.2 53,185 57,484

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