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Somerset County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Somerset County by 13.9 points, out of 177,412 votes for president.

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D+30R+30D+15R+152000: R+2.920002004: R+4.320042008: D+6.220082012: D+5.620122016: D+12.820162020: D+21.120202024: D+13.92024
Somerset County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New Jersey 2024
TicketVotesShareBar
Kamala Harris Democratic98,79055.7%
Donald J. Trump Republican74,10141.8%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)2,4471.4%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)9580.5%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)6670.4%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)2460.1%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)1130.1%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)520.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)380.0%
Total177,412

Somerset County was D+13.9 against D+5.9 statewide, 8.0 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 Democratic111,17359.8%
Donald J. Trump Republican71,99638.7%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)1,6410.9%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)6200.3%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)1330.1%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)1160.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)1150.1%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)650.0%
Total185,859

Somerset County was D+21.1 against D+15.9 statewide, 5.2 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 Democratic85,68954.5%
Donald J. Trump Republican65,50541.7%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party3,7762.4%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)1,5681.0%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)2060.1%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)1930.1%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)800.1%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)400.0%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)350.0%
Total157,092

Somerset County was D+12.8 against D+14.1 statewide, 1.3 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 DEM74,59252.2%
Mitt Romney REP66,60346.6%
All other candidates1,7271.2%
Total142,922

Somerset County was D+5.6 against D+17.7 statewide, 12.1 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)

2008

New Jersey 2008
TicketVotesShareBar
Barack Obama DEM79,32153.0%
John McCain REP70,08546.8%
All other candidates3570.2%
Total149,763

Somerset County was D+6.2 against D+15.6 statewide, 9.4 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 REP72,50851.7%
John Kerry DEM66,47647.4%
All other candidates1,2950.9%
Total140,279

Somerset County was R+4.3 against D+6.7 statewide, 11.0 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 REP59,72549.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM56,23246.7%
All other candidates4,4203.7%
Total120,377

Somerset County was R+2.9 against D+15.8 statewide, 18.7 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Somerset County, New Jersey in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Somerset County by 13.9 points, out of 177,412 votes counted for president.

Is Somerset County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 13.9 points; 2020: Democratic by 21.1 points; 2016: Democratic by 12.8 points; 2012: Democratic by 5.6 points; 2008: Democratic by 6.2 points; 2004: Republican by 4.3 points; 2000: Republican by 2.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 8.0 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 13.9 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