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Cape May County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Cape May County by 19.2 points, out of 54,568 votes for president.

Camden (no county figures)Gloucester (no county figures)Passaic (no county figures)Bergen (no county figures)Cape May County: Donald J. Trump +19.2Essex (no county figures)Hudson (no county figures)Hunterdon (no county figures)Mercer (no county figures)Ocean (no county figures)Salem (no county figures)Somerset (no county figures)Warren (no county figures)Morris (no county figures)Sussex (no county figures)Atlantic (no county figures)Burlington (no county figures)Cumberland (no county figures)Middlesex (no county figures)Monmouth (no county figures)Union (no county figures)
D+20R+20D+10R+102000: R+3.420002004: R+14.520042008: R+8.820082012: R+8.620122016: R+19.920162020: R+16.020202024: R+19.22024
Cape May County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New Jersey 2024
TicketVotesShareBar
Donald J. Trump Republican32,15158.9%
Kamala Harris Democratic21,64839.7%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)3830.7%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)1500.3%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)1070.2%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)680.1%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)360.1%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)160.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)90.0%
Total54,568

Cape May County was R+19.2 against D+5.9 statewide, 25.1 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
Donald J. Trump Republican33,15857.5%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic23,94141.5%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)3110.5%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)1400.2%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)590.1%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)550.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)310.1%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)190.0%
Total57,714

Cape May County was R+16.0 against D+15.9 statewide, 31.9 points more Republican 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
Donald J. Trump Republican28,44658.4%
Hillary Clinton Democratic18,75038.5%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party9031.9%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)3900.8%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)1670.3%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)260.1%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)200.0%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)100.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)100.0%
Total48,722

Cape May County was R+19.9 against D+14.1 statewide, 34.0 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
Mitt Romney REP25,78153.8%
Barack Obama DEM21,65745.2%
All other candidates4931.0%
Total47,931

Cape May County was R+8.6 against D+17.7 statewide, 26.3 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
John McCain REP27,28854.2%
Barack Obama DEM22,89345.4%
All other candidates2000.4%
Total50,381

Cape May County was R+8.8 against D+15.6 statewide, 24.4 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)

2004

New Jersey 2004
TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP28,83256.8%
John Kerry DEM21,47542.3%
All other candidates4550.9%
Total50,762

Cape May County was R+14.5 against D+6.7 statewide, 21.2 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
George W. Bush REP23,79450.0%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM22,18946.6%
All other candidates1,6113.4%
Total47,594

Cape May County was R+3.4 against D+15.8 statewide, 19.2 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Cape May County, New Jersey in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Cape May County by 19.2 points, out of 54,568 votes counted for president.

Is Cape May County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 19.2 points; 2020: Republican by 16.0 points; 2016: Republican by 19.9 points; 2012: Republican by 8.6 points; 2008: Republican by 8.8 points; 2004: Republican by 14.5 points; 2000: Republican by 3.4 points.

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

In 2024 it was 25.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 19.2 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