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New Jersey 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Camden County: swing D+0.8Gloucester County: swing R+1.6Passaic County: swing D+6.4Bergen County: swing D+1.8Cape May County: swing D+0.2Essex County: swing D+4.0Hudson County: swing D+9.0Hunterdon County: swing R+4.3Mercer County: swing D+0.8Ocean County: swing D+1.0Salem County: swing R+2.6Somerset County: swing R+0.6Warren County: swing R+1.3Morris County: swing R+2.7Sussex County: swing R+0.5Atlantic County: swing D+1.8Burlington County: swing R+0.8Cumberland County: swing D+2.4Middlesex County: swing D+5.6Monmouth County: swing R+1.2Union County: swing D+5.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Hunterdon County R+13.5 R+17.8 R+4.3 69,099 66,494
Morris County R+8.2 R+10.9 R+2.7 245,148 227,392
Salem County D+3.9 D+1.3 R+2.6 30,959 29,501
Gloucester County D+12.3 D+10.7 R+1.6 137,982 135,186
Warren County R+14.2 R+15.5 R+1.3 48,323 45,270
Monmouth County R+3.8 R+5.0 R+1.2 309,915 283,978
Burlington County D+18.8 D+18.0 R+0.8 221,414 215,936
Somerset County D+6.2 D+5.6 R+0.6 149,763 142,922
Sussex County R+20.9 R+21.4 R+0.5 73,340 67,933
Cape May County R+8.8 R+8.6 D+0.2 50,381 47,931
Camden County D+36.6 D+37.4 D+0.8 233,593 225,428
Mercer County D+36.4 D+37.2 D+0.8 158,549 153,511
Ocean County R+18.6 R+17.6 D+1.0 271,460 251,275
Atlantic County D+15.1 D+16.9 D+1.8 118,073 113,179
Bergen County D+9.5 D+11.3 D+1.8 412,638 385,407
Cumberland County D+21.8 D+24.2 D+2.4 57,484 55,292
Essex County D+52.8 D+56.8 D+4.0 315,004 303,019
Middlesex County D+22.0 D+27.6 D+5.6 318,379 301,315
Union County D+28.4 D+34.0 D+5.6 220,650 209,831
Passaic County D+21.8 D+28.2 D+6.4 186,196 181,988
Hudson County D+47.0 D+56.0 D+9.0 210,148 197,504

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