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New Jersey 2008 vs 2016: county swing

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

Camden County: swing R+4.0Gloucester County: swing R+12.8Passaic County: swing D+0.7Bergen County: swing D+3.7Cape May County: swing R+11.1Essex County: swing D+4.4Hudson County: swing D+5.3Hunterdon County: swing R+0.4Mercer County: swing D+1.0Ocean County: swing R+14.9Salem County: swing R+19.0Somerset County: swing D+6.6Warren County: swing R+11.3Morris County: swing D+3.9Sussex County: swing R+9.3Atlantic County: swing R+8.1Burlington County: swing R+4.0Cumberland County: swing R+15.7Middlesex County: swing R+0.5Monmouth County: swing R+5.6Union County: swing D+7.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Salem County flipped D+3.9 R+15.1 R+19.0 30,959 29,494
Cumberland County D+21.8 D+6.1 R+15.7 57,484 54,004
Ocean County R+18.6 R+33.5 R+14.9 271,460 274,362
Gloucester County flipped D+12.3 R+0.5 R+12.8 137,982 139,542
Warren County R+14.2 R+25.5 R+11.3 48,323 49,236
Cape May County R+8.8 R+19.9 R+11.1 50,381 48,722
Sussex County R+20.9 R+30.2 R+9.3 73,340 74,126
Atlantic County D+15.1 D+7.0 R+8.1 118,073 117,291
Monmouth County R+3.8 R+9.4 R+5.6 309,915 314,377
Burlington County D+18.8 D+14.8 R+4.0 221,414 218,943
Camden County D+36.6 D+32.6 R+4.0 233,593 226,592
Middlesex County D+22.0 D+21.5 R+0.5 318,379 326,102
Hunterdon County R+13.5 R+13.9 R+0.4 69,099 70,836
Passaic County D+21.8 D+22.5 D+0.7 186,196 194,802
Mercer County D+36.4 D+37.4 D+1.0 158,549 156,529
Bergen County D+9.5 D+13.2 D+3.7 412,638 419,296
Morris County R+8.2 R+4.3 D+3.9 245,148 250,416
Essex County D+52.8 D+57.2 D+4.4 315,004 310,934
Hudson County D+47.0 D+52.3 D+5.3 210,148 219,375
Somerset County D+6.2 D+12.8 D+6.6 149,763 157,092
Union County D+28.4 D+35.7 D+7.3 220,650 221,975

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