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New Jersey 2012 vs 2016: county swing

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

Camden County: swing R+4.8Gloucester County: swing R+11.2Passaic County: swing R+5.7Bergen County: swing D+1.9Cape May County: swing R+11.3Essex County: swing D+0.4Hudson County: swing R+3.7Hunterdon County: swing D+3.9Mercer County: swing D+0.2Ocean County: swing R+15.9Salem County: swing R+16.4Somerset County: swing D+7.2Warren County: swing R+10.0Morris County: swing D+6.6Sussex County: swing R+8.8Atlantic County: swing R+9.9Burlington County: swing R+3.2Cumberland County: swing R+18.1Middlesex County: swing R+6.1Monmouth County: swing R+4.4Union County: swing D+1.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Cumberland County D+24.2 D+6.1 R+18.1 55,292 54,004
Salem County flipped D+1.3 R+15.1 R+16.4 29,501 29,494
Ocean County R+17.6 R+33.5 R+15.9 251,275 274,362
Cape May County R+8.6 R+19.9 R+11.3 47,931 48,722
Gloucester County flipped D+10.7 R+0.5 R+11.2 135,186 139,542
Warren County R+15.5 R+25.5 R+10.0 45,270 49,236
Atlantic County D+16.9 D+7.0 R+9.9 113,179 117,291
Sussex County R+21.4 R+30.2 R+8.8 67,933 74,126
Middlesex County D+27.6 D+21.5 R+6.1 301,315 326,102
Passaic County D+28.2 D+22.5 R+5.7 181,988 194,802
Camden County D+37.4 D+32.6 R+4.8 225,428 226,592
Monmouth County R+5.0 R+9.4 R+4.4 283,978 314,377
Hudson County D+56.0 D+52.3 R+3.7 197,504 219,375
Burlington County D+18.0 D+14.8 R+3.2 215,936 218,943
Mercer County D+37.2 D+37.4 D+0.2 153,511 156,529
Essex County D+56.8 D+57.2 D+0.4 303,019 310,934
Union County D+34.0 D+35.7 D+1.7 209,831 221,975
Bergen County D+11.3 D+13.2 D+1.9 385,407 419,296
Hunterdon County R+17.8 R+13.9 D+3.9 66,494 70,836
Morris County R+10.9 R+4.3 D+6.6 227,392 250,416
Somerset County D+5.6 D+12.8 D+7.2 142,922 157,092

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