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Union County, New Jersey presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Union County by 24.2 points, out of 240,632 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 (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 County: Kamala Harris +24.2
D+40R+40D+20R+202000: D+23.320002004: D+18.120042008: D+28.420082012: D+34.020122016: D+35.720162020: D+35.720202024: D+24.22024
Union County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

New Jersey 2024
TicketVotesShareBar
Kamala Harris Democratic147,32761.2%
Donald J. Trump Republican89,06337.0%
JILL STEIN / SAMSON KPADENOU (Green Party)1,6480.7%
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. / NICOLE SHANAHAN (INDEPENDENT)1,1970.5%
CHASE OLIVER / MIKE TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)6880.3%
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ / KARINA GARCIA (Unit SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)2900.1%
RANDALL A. TERRY / STEPHEN E. BRODEN (U.S. Constitution Party)2840.1%
JOSEPH KISHORE / JERRY WHITE (SOCIALIST EQUALITY)700.0%
RACHELE FRUIT / MARGARET TROWE (Unit SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)650.0%
Total240,632

Union County was D+24.2 against D+5.9 statewide, 18.3 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 Democratic170,24567.3%
Donald J. Trump Republican80,00231.6%
JO JORGENSEN (Libertarian Party)1,4270.6%
HOWIE HAWKINS (Green Party)7920.3%
ROQUE "ROCKY" DE LA FUENTE (ALLIANCE PARTY)2910.1%
DON BLANKENSHIP (CRYSTAL ACRES CONSTITUTION PARTY)1160.0%
BILL HAMMONS (CHERISSE DRIVE UNITY PARTY AMERICA)610.0%
GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA (CLEVELAND AVENUE SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)570.0%
Total252,991

Union County was D+35.7 against D+15.9 statewide, 19.8 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 Democratic147,41466.4%
Donald J. Trump Republican68,11430.7%
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party3,6281.6%
JILL STEIN (Green Party)1,7790.8%
ALYSON KENNEDY (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY)4500.2%
DARRELL CASTLE (CONSTITUTION PARTY)3110.1%
GLORIA LA RIVA (SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION)1490.1%
ROCKY ROQUE DE LA FUENTE (AMERICAN DELTA PARTY)910.0%
MONICA MOOREHEAD (WORKERS WORLD PARTY)390.0%
Total221,975

Union County was D+35.7 against D+14.1 statewide, 21.6 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 DEM139,75266.6%
Mitt Romney REP68,31432.6%
All other candidates1,7650.8%
Total209,831

Union County was D+34.0 against D+17.7 statewide, 16.3 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 DEM141,41764.1%
John McCain REP78,76835.7%
All other candidates4650.2%
Total220,650

Union County was D+28.4 against D+15.6 statewide, 12.8 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 DEM119,37258.7%
George W. Bush REP82,51740.6%
All other candidates1,4980.7%
Total203,387

Union County was D+18.1 against D+6.7 statewide, 11.4 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. DEM112,00360.1%
George W. Bush REP68,55436.8%
All other candidates5,8163.1%
Total186,373

Union County was D+23.3 against D+15.8 statewide, 7.5 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 Union County, New Jersey in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Union County by 24.2 points, out of 240,632 votes counted for president.

Is Union County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 24.2 points; 2020: Democratic by 35.7 points; 2016: Democratic by 35.7 points; 2012: Democratic by 34.0 points; 2008: Democratic by 28.4 points; 2004: Democratic by 18.1 points; 2000: Democratic by 23.3 points.

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

In 2024 it was 18.3 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 24.2 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