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Bergen County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Bergen County by 3.4 points, out of 459,077 votes for president.

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D+20R+20D+10R+102000: D+13.720002004: D+4.520042008: D+9.520082012: D+11.320122016: D+13.220162020: D+16.520202024: D+3.42024
Bergen County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New Jersey 2024
TicketVotesShareBar
Kamala Harris Democratic232,66050.7%
Donald J. Trump Republican217,09647.3%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)5,3491.2%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)1,9750.4%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)1,1580.3%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)5390.1%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)1730.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)750.0%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)520.0%
Total459,077

Bergen County was D+3.4 against D+5.9 statewide, 2.5 points more Republican than the state.

Source: New Jersey Division of Elections, Official List, Candidates for President, For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2024 Election (12/05/2024), 10 pages: one page per candidate with tallies by county

2020

New Jersey 2020
TicketVotesShareBar
Joseph R. Biden Democratic285,96757.7%
Donald J. Trump Republican204,41741.2%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)2,8520.6%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)1,3750.3%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)3840.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)3270.1%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)2840.1%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)2430.0%
Total495,849

Bergen County was D+16.5 against D+15.9 statewide, 0.6 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: New Jersey Division of Elections, Official List, Candidates for President, For GENERAL ELECTION 11/03/2020 Election (12/07/2020), 9 pages: one page per candidate with tallies by county

2016

New Jersey 2016
TicketVotesShareBar
Hillary Clinton Democratic231,21155.1%
Donald J. Trump Republican175,52941.9%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party7,7641.9%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)3,9881.0%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)3810.1%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)1480.0%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)1300.0%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)920.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)530.0%
Total419,296

Bergen County was D+13.2 against D+14.1 statewide, 0.9 points more Republican than the state.

Source: New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, Official List, Candidates for President, General Election 11/08/2016 (12/06/2016; 10 pages, one per ticket): county tallies and total; the PDF's text layer is unmapped, so the pages were read as images

2012

New Jersey 2012
TicketVotesShareBar
Barack Obama DEM212,75455.2%
Mitt Romney REP169,07043.9%
All other candidates3,5830.9%
Total385,407

Bergen County was D+11.3 against D+17.7 statewide, 6.4 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2008

New Jersey 2008
TicketVotesShareBar
Barack Obama DEM225,36754.6%
John McCain REP186,11845.1%
All other candidates1,1530.3%
Total412,638

Bergen County was D+9.5 against D+15.6 statewide, 6.1 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

New Jersey 2004
TicketVotesShareBar
John Kerry DEM207,66651.9%
George W. Bush REP189,83347.4%
All other candidates2,7450.7%
Total400,244

Bergen County was D+4.5 against D+6.7 statewide, 2.2 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

New Jersey 2000
TicketVotesShareBar
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM202,68255.3%
George W. Bush REP152,73141.6%
All other candidates11,3083.1%
Total366,721

Bergen County was D+13.7 against D+15.8 statewide, 2.1 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Bergen County, New Jersey in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Bergen County by 3.4 points, out of 459,077 votes counted for president.

Is Bergen County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 3.4 points; 2020: Democratic by 16.5 points; 2016: Democratic by 13.2 points; 2012: Democratic by 11.3 points; 2008: Democratic by 9.5 points; 2004: Democratic by 4.5 points; 2000: Democratic by 13.7 points.

How does Bergen County vote compared with the rest of New Jersey?

In 2024 it was 2.5 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Democratic by 3.4 points against Democratic by 5.9 points statewide).

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