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Salem County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Salem County by 19.2 points, out of 31,001 votes for president.

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D+20R+20D+10R+102000: D+5.520002004: R+6.620042008: D+3.920082012: D+1.320122016: R+15.120162020: R+12.820202024: R+19.22024
Salem 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 Republican18,22958.8%
Kamala Harris Democratic12,27539.6%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)2770.9%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)940.3%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)870.3%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)240.1%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)110.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)40.0%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)00.0%
Total31,001

Salem 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 Republican18,82755.5%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic14,47942.7%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)4061.2%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)930.3%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)400.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)400.1%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)200.1%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)170.1%
Total33,922

Salem County was R+12.8 against D+15.9 statewide, 28.7 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 Republican16,38155.5%
Hillary Clinton Democratic11,90440.4%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party8622.9%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)2380.8%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)720.2%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)160.1%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)100.0%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)60.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)50.0%
Total29,494

Salem County was R+15.1 against D+14.1 statewide, 29.2 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 DEM14,71949.9%
Mitt Romney REP14,33448.6%
All other candidates4481.5%
Total29,501

Salem County was D+1.3 against D+17.7 statewide, 16.4 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 DEM16,04451.8%
John McCain REP14,81647.9%
All other candidates990.3%
Total30,959

Salem County was D+3.9 against D+15.6 statewide, 11.7 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 REP15,72152.8%
John Kerry DEM13,74946.2%
All other candidates3111.0%
Total29,781

Salem County was R+6.6 against D+6.7 statewide, 13.3 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
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM13,71850.9%
George W. Bush REP12,25745.4%
All other candidates9973.7%
Total26,972

Salem County was D+5.5 against D+15.8 statewide, 10.3 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Salem County, New Jersey in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Salem County by 19.2 points, out of 31,001 votes counted for president.

Is Salem County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 19.2 points; 2020: Republican by 12.8 points; 2016: Republican by 15.1 points; 2012: Democratic by 1.3 points; 2008: Democratic by 3.9 points; 2004: Republican by 6.6 points; 2000: Democratic by 5.5 points.

How does Salem 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