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Essex County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Essex County by 44.9 points, out of 313,283 votes for president.

Camden (no county figures)Gloucester (no county figures)Passaic (no county figures)Bergen (no county figures)Cape May (no county figures)Essex County: Kamala Harris +44.9Hudson (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+60R+60D+30R+302000: D+45.720002004: D+41.620042008: D+52.820082012: D+56.820122016: D+57.220162020: D+55.420202024: D+44.92024
Essex County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New Jersey 2024
TicketVotesShareBar
Kamala Harris Democratic224,59671.7%
Donald J. Trump Republican83,90826.8%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)2,3560.8%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)1,0500.3%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)6820.2%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)4940.2%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)960.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)570.0%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)440.0%
Total313,283

Essex County was D+44.9 against D+5.9 statewide, 39.0 points more Democratic 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 Democratic266,82077.3%
Donald J. Trump Republican75,47521.9%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)1,2960.4%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)9780.3%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)2780.1%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)2440.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)1160.0%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)1040.0%
Total345,311

Essex County was D+55.4 against D+15.9 statewide, 39.5 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 Democratic240,83777.5%
Donald J. Trump Republican63,17620.3%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party3,1111.0%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)2,9210.9%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)3040.1%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)2880.1%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)1270.0%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)950.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)750.0%
Total310,934

Essex County was D+57.2 against D+14.1 statewide, 43.1 points more Democratic 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 DEM236,61878.1%
Mitt Romney REP64,40621.3%
All other candidates1,9950.7%
Total303,019

Essex County was D+56.8 against D+17.7 statewide, 39.1 points more Democratic 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 DEM240,30676.3%
John McCain REP74,06323.5%
All other candidates6350.2%
Total315,004

Essex County was D+52.8 against D+15.6 statewide, 37.2 points more Democratic 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 DEM203,68170.4%
George W. Bush REP83,37428.8%
All other candidates2,2930.8%
Total289,348

Essex County was D+41.6 against D+6.7 statewide, 34.9 points more Democratic 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. DEM185,50571.5%
George W. Bush REP66,84225.8%
All other candidates7,2262.8%
Total259,573

Essex County was D+45.7 against D+15.8 statewide, 29.9 points more Democratic 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 Essex County, New Jersey in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Essex County by 44.9 points, out of 313,283 votes counted for president.

Is Essex County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 44.9 points; 2020: Democratic by 55.4 points; 2016: Democratic by 57.2 points; 2012: Democratic by 56.8 points; 2008: Democratic by 52.8 points; 2004: Democratic by 41.6 points; 2000: Democratic by 45.7 points.

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

In 2024 it was 39.0 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 44.9 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