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New Jersey 2016 vs 2024: county swing

14 of 21 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Camden County: swing R+5.1Gloucester County: swing R+2.3Passaic County: swing R+25.4Bergen County: swing R+9.8Cape May County: swing D+0.7Essex County: swing R+12.3Hudson County: swing R+24.3Hunterdon County: swing D+7.2Mercer County: swing R+3.5Ocean County: swing R+2.5Salem County: swing R+4.1Somerset County: swing D+1.1Warren County: swing D+4.8Morris County: swing D+1.6Sussex County: swing D+5.3Atlantic County: swing R+10.0Burlington County: swing D+1.8Cumberland County: swing R+9.8Middlesex County: swing R+13.5Monmouth County: swing R+2.0Union County: swing R+11.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20162024SwingVotes 2016Votes 2024
Passaic County flipped D+22.5 R+2.9 R+25.4 194,802 202,767
Hudson County D+52.3 D+28.0 R+24.3 219,375 231,181
Middlesex County D+21.5 D+8.0 R+13.5 326,102 365,187
Essex County D+57.2 D+44.9 R+12.3 310,934 313,283
Union County D+35.7 D+24.2 R+11.5 221,975 240,632
Atlantic County flipped D+7.0 R+3.0 R+10.0 117,291 129,759
Bergen County D+13.2 D+3.4 R+9.8 419,296 459,077
Cumberland County flipped D+6.1 R+3.7 R+9.8 54,004 55,885
Camden County D+32.6 D+27.5 R+5.1 226,592 246,954
Salem County R+15.1 R+19.2 R+4.1 29,494 31,001
Mercer County D+37.4 D+33.9 R+3.5 156,529 163,270
Ocean County R+33.5 R+36.0 R+2.5 274,362 337,135
Gloucester County R+0.5 R+2.8 R+2.3 139,542 164,635
Monmouth County R+9.4 R+11.4 R+2.0 314,377 360,143
Cape May County R+19.9 R+19.2 D+0.7 48,722 54,568
Somerset County D+12.8 D+13.9 D+1.1 157,092 177,412
Morris County R+4.3 R+2.7 D+1.6 250,416 284,666
Burlington County D+14.8 D+16.6 D+1.8 218,943 229,466
Warren County R+25.5 R+20.7 D+4.8 49,236 60,150
Sussex County R+30.2 R+24.9 D+5.3 74,126 84,629
Hunterdon County R+13.9 R+6.7 D+7.2 70,836 80,925

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