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New Jersey 2016 vs 2020: county swing

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

Camden County: swing D+1.0Gloucester County: swing D+2.4Passaic County: swing R+5.9Bergen County: swing D+3.3Cape May County: swing D+3.9Essex County: swing R+1.8Hudson County: swing R+6.0Hunterdon County: swing D+9.5Mercer County: swing D+2.8Ocean County: swing D+4.7Salem County: swing D+2.3Somerset County: swing D+8.3Warren County: swing D+9.3Morris County: swing D+8.5Sussex County: swing D+10.6Atlantic County: swing R+0.3Burlington County: swing D+4.8Cumberland County: swing EvenMiddlesex County: swing D+0.6Monmouth County: swing D+6.6Union County: swing Even
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20162020SwingVotes 2016Votes 2020
Hudson County D+52.3 D+46.3 R+6.0 219,375 249,850
Passaic County D+22.5 D+16.6 R+5.9 194,802 223,707
Essex County D+57.2 D+55.4 R+1.8 310,934 345,311
Atlantic County D+7.0 D+6.7 R+0.3 117,291 140,031
Cumberland County D+6.1 D+6.1 Even 54,004 62,408
Union County D+35.7 D+35.7 Even 221,975 252,991
Middlesex County D+21.5 D+22.1 D+0.6 326,102 374,362
Camden County D+32.6 D+33.6 D+1.0 226,592 264,616
Salem County R+15.1 R+12.8 D+2.3 29,494 33,922
Gloucester County flipped R+0.5 D+1.9 D+2.4 139,542 172,654
Mercer County D+37.4 D+40.2 D+2.8 156,529 176,604
Bergen County D+13.2 D+16.5 D+3.3 419,296 495,849
Cape May County R+19.9 R+16.0 D+3.9 48,722 57,714
Ocean County R+33.5 R+28.8 D+4.7 274,362 341,516
Burlington County D+14.8 D+19.6 D+4.8 218,943 261,497
Monmouth County R+9.4 R+2.8 D+6.6 314,377 378,151
Somerset County D+12.8 D+21.1 D+8.3 157,092 185,859
Morris County flipped R+4.3 D+4.2 D+8.5 250,416 299,322
Warren County R+25.5 R+16.2 D+9.3 49,236 60,787
Hunterdon County R+13.9 R+4.4 D+9.5 70,836 84,242
Sussex County R+30.2 R+19.6 D+10.6 74,126 87,960

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