Politics & Government
NJ Election Stats: How Your County Votes, Which Party Is Prominent
The NJ Division of Elections released its final voter registration totals, and there are 6,727,358 registered voters as of Tuesday.
NEW JERSEY — Millions of residents are headed to the polls on Tuesday in this highly significant presidential election year, that will also see a new U.S. Senator and House representatives for New Jersey elected.
Down the ballot, voters will decide on candidates in county, municipal, and school district elections around the Garden State.
About 72 percent of the population is registered to vote in this election, according to the New Jersey Division of Election: The state has 6,727,358 registered voters as of Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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That includes 2,487,113 unaffiliated voters, 2,535,123 Democrats, and 1,629,375 Republicans. The remaining 75,000+ people are spread out among third parties, with the Libertarian Party making up about one-third of that total.
The Conservative Party, U.S. Constitution Party, and Green Party all have more than 11,000 people on the voting rolls this year, with the Socialist Party of New Jersey, Natural Law Party, and Reform Party making up the rest of the third-party totals.
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Third parties have faced an uphill battle in the Garden State, with several of them having to sue the state to be included in the official voter registration tallies. Other recent complaints have included unfair ballot layouts and being shut out of candidate debates.
This year, the GOP saw the largest growth in numbers in the final month before the election. The Republican Party added 16,945 new voters to its rolls from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, with the Democratic Party gaining 6,015. It’s a number that the New Jersey Republican Party has trumpeted on social media.
In the 2020 presidential election, for comparison, there were 6,485,596 registered voters in the Garden State: 2,524,164 Democrats, 1,445,074 Republicans, and 2,436,723 unaffiliated.
Here's a look at the voter registration breakdown by county, and how the county voted in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
Atlantic
- Republicans: 60,558
- Democrats: 69,648
- Unaffiliated: 75,195
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Bergen
- Republicans: 161,324
- Democrats: 256,911
- Unaffiliated: 269,330
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Burlington
- Republicans: 97,554
- Democrats: 143,277
- Unaffiliated: 127,711
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Camden
- Republicans: 68,947
- Democrats: 182,680
- Unaffiliated: 140,006
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Cape May
- Republicans: 33,951
- Democrats: 18,501
- Unaffiliated: 23,784
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Cumberland
- Republicans: 24,884
- Democrats: 31,910
- Unaffiliated: 39,533
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Essex
- Republicans: 64,875
- Democrats: 302,750
- Unaffiliated: 222,705
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Gloucester
- Republicans: 63,732
- Democrats: 83,702
- Unaffiliated: 75,870
- How county voted in 2016: Republican (flipped from 2012)
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Hudson
- Republicans: 50,819
- Democrats: 222,270
- Unaffiliated: 147,816
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Hunterdon
- Republicans: 43,960
- Democrats: 31,204
- Unaffiliated: 33,511
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Mercer
- Republicans: 43,016
- Democrats: 120,393
- Unaffiliated: 104,714
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Middlesex
- Republicans: 107,011
- Democrats: 243,127
- Unaffiliated: 236,359
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Monmouth
- Republicans: 163,141
- Democrats: 141,355
- Unaffiliated: 200,757
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Morris
- Republicans: 138,802
- Democrats: 119,395
- Unaffiliated: 139,209
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Ocean
- Republicans: 193,521
- Democrats: 98,768
- Unaffiliated: 186,384
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Passaic
- Republicans: 76,702
- Democrats: 132,106
- Unaffiliated: 129,073
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Salem
- Republicans: 15,961
- Democrats: 14,694
- Unaffiliated: 18,952
- How county voted in 2016: Republican (flipped from 2012)
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Somerset
- Republicans: 66,064
- Democrats: 92,430
- Unaffiliated: 102,464
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Sussex
- Republicans: 51,727
- Democrats: 26,897
- Unaffiliated: 41,442
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
Union
- Republicans: 65,725
- Democrats: 179,237
- Unaffiliated: 144,661
- How county voted in 2016: Democrat
- How county voted in 2020: Democrat
Warren
- Republicans: 37,101
- Democrats: 23,868
- Unaffiliated: 27,637
- How county voted in 2016: Republican
- How county voted in 2020: Republican
More than 1.9 million people cast their ballots in New Jersey before Tuesday, through the mail-in option or by voting early in-person.
Overall, New Jersey has not elected a Republican U.S. Senator since 1972, and the Democratic presidential candidate has won the state for the past 8 elections.
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