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Ocean County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Ocean County by 36.0 points, out of 337,135 votes for president.

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D+40R+40D+20R+202000: R+1.620002004: R+20.620042008: R+18.620082012: R+17.620122016: R+33.520162020: R+28.820202024: R+36.02024
Ocean 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 Republican227,23267.4%
Kamala Harris Democratic105,78931.4%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)1,9960.6%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)8820.3%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)5850.2%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)2350.1%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)2060.1%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)1650.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)450.0%
Total337,135

Ocean County was R+36.0 against D+5.9 statewide, 41.9 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 Republican217,74063.8%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic119,45635.0%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)2,4690.7%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)1,0500.3%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)4940.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)1400.0%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)1180.0%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)490.0%
Total341,516

Ocean County was R+28.8 against D+15.9 statewide, 44.7 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 Republican179,07965.3%
Hillary Clinton Democratic87,15031.8%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party4,8671.8%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)2,1220.8%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)9370.3%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)920.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)570.0%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)390.0%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)190.0%
Total274,362

Ocean County was R+33.5 against D+14.1 statewide, 47.6 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 REP146,47458.3%
Barack Obama DEM102,30040.7%
All other candidates2,5011.0%
Total251,275

Ocean County was R+17.6 against D+17.7 statewide, 35.3 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 REP160,67759.2%
Barack Obama DEM110,18940.6%
All other candidates5940.2%
Total271,460

Ocean County was R+18.6 against D+15.6 statewide, 34.2 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)

2004

New Jersey 2004
TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP152,20459.9%
John Kerry DEM99,83939.3%
All other candidates2,2630.9%
Total254,306

Ocean County was R+20.6 against D+6.7 statewide, 27.3 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)

2000

New Jersey 2000
TicketVotesShareBar
George W. Bush REP105,68448.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM102,10447.2%
All other candidates8,6054.0%
Total216,393

Ocean County was R+1.6 against D+15.8 statewide, 17.4 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Ocean County, New Jersey in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Ocean County by 36.0 points, out of 337,135 votes counted for president.

Is Ocean County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 36.0 points; 2020: Republican by 28.8 points; 2016: Republican by 33.5 points; 2012: Republican by 17.6 points; 2008: Republican by 18.6 points; 2004: Republican by 20.6 points; 2000: Republican by 1.6 points.

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

In 2024 it was 41.9 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 36.0 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