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2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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Nominee Kamala Harris Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state California Florida Running mate Tim Walz JD Vance Projected electoral vote 14 0 Popular vote 2,220,713 1,968,215 Percentage 51.97% 46.06%

County results Congressional district results Municipality results Harris   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80-90% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70-80%   80-90%

President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

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The 2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New Jersey voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of New Jersey has 14 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.

As a densely-populated state in the Northeast, New Jersey has backed the Democratic candidate in every presidential election starting in 1992, doing so consistently by double digits starting in 2008. In 2020, the state broke 57%–41% for Democrat Joe Biden of neighboring Delaware. The state was heavily favored to be carried by the Democrats by forecasters.

New Jersey was won by the Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. However, she won the state by 5.9 points, significantly smaller than Biden's 16-point win in 2020. This is the first time since the 2004 presidential election that the Democratic nominee won the state with a single digit margin of victory, and Republican nominee Donald Trump's 46% vote share in New Jersey is on par with George W. Bush's performance in 2004 and the closest a Republican has come to winning the state's electoral votes since George H. W. Bush in 1992. New Jersey also had the second-largest swing to the right from the 2020 election after neighboring New York, owing to poor Democratic turnout compared to 2020 and 2016. New Jersey joined most other blue and blue-leaning states such as New York, California, and Illinois to see significant rightward trends in 2024. Trump's over 1.96 million votes is the most received by a Republican in a presidential election in the state's history, surpassing Ronald Reagan's 1.93 million votes from 1984.

Trump would retake Gloucester County and Morris County, which he won in 2016 but lost to Biden in 2020. Additionally, Trump would be the first Republican to win Passaic County since 1992, and Atlantic County and Cumberland County since 1988, while also being the first Republican presidential candidate to win a majority of the state's counties since 1992. 2024 also marked the first presidential election since 1992 in which New Jersey voted to the right of New Mexico.

With this election, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli's strong performance in the 2021 gubernatorial election, some analysts believe New Jersey has transitioned from a reliable blue state into a potential swing state.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The New Jersey Democratic primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in the District of Columbia, Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

Republican primary

The New Jersey Republican primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in the District of Columbia, Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

General election

Predictions

Polling

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump

Results

By county

•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

• Democratic   Hold

  Republican   Hold   Gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Atlantic (largest municipality: Egg Harbor Township)
• Cumberland (largest municipality: Vineland)
• Gloucester (largest municipality: Washington Township)
• Morris (largest municipality: Parsippany)
• Passaic (largest municipality: Paterson)

By congressional district

Harris won 8 of 12 congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Trump, including one that elected a Democrat.

See also

• United States presidential elections in New Jersey
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. ^ Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Neither/Someone else" with 6%
3. With each candidate's party affiliation excluded
4. "Neither/Someone else" with 7%
5. "A third-party candidate" with 4%
6. Grouped with "Other Third Party Candidate"
7. Replaced by Dennis Richter.

Partisan clients

1. ^ Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign

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