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New Jersey 2012 vs 2020: county swing

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

Camden County: swing R+3.8Gloucester County: swing R+8.8Passaic County: swing R+11.6Bergen County: swing D+5.2Cape May County: swing R+7.4Essex County: swing R+1.4Hudson County: swing R+9.7Hunterdon County: swing D+13.4Mercer County: swing D+3.0Ocean County: swing R+11.2Salem County: swing R+14.1Somerset County: swing D+15.5Warren County: swing R+0.7Morris County: swing D+15.1Sussex County: swing D+1.8Atlantic County: swing R+10.2Burlington County: swing D+1.6Cumberland County: swing R+18.1Middlesex County: swing R+5.5Monmouth County: swing D+2.2Union County: swing D+1.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Cumberland County D+24.2 D+6.1 R+18.1 55,292 62,408
Salem County flipped D+1.3 R+12.8 R+14.1 29,501 33,922
Passaic County D+28.2 D+16.6 R+11.6 181,988 223,707
Ocean County R+17.6 R+28.8 R+11.2 251,275 341,516
Atlantic County D+16.9 D+6.7 R+10.2 113,179 140,031
Hudson County D+56.0 D+46.3 R+9.7 197,504 249,850
Gloucester County D+10.7 D+1.9 R+8.8 135,186 172,654
Cape May County R+8.6 R+16.0 R+7.4 47,931 57,714
Middlesex County D+27.6 D+22.1 R+5.5 301,315 374,362
Camden County D+37.4 D+33.6 R+3.8 225,428 264,616
Essex County D+56.8 D+55.4 R+1.4 303,019 345,311
Warren County R+15.5 R+16.2 R+0.7 45,270 60,787
Burlington County D+18.0 D+19.6 D+1.6 215,936 261,497
Union County D+34.0 D+35.7 D+1.7 209,831 252,991
Sussex County R+21.4 R+19.6 D+1.8 67,933 87,960
Monmouth County R+5.0 R+2.8 D+2.2 283,978 378,151
Mercer County D+37.2 D+40.2 D+3.0 153,511 176,604
Bergen County D+11.3 D+16.5 D+5.2 385,407 495,849
Hunterdon County R+17.8 R+4.4 D+13.4 66,494 84,242
Morris County flipped R+10.9 D+4.2 D+15.1 227,392 299,322
Somerset County D+5.6 D+21.1 D+15.5 142,922 185,859

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