NEW JERSEY 15 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NJ Division of Elections)
Total Population, July 1, 2004 est. 8,698,879
Total Enrollment, Nov. 2004 5,005,959
Dem. 1,163,224 (23.24%)   Rep. 884,801 (17.67%)   Unaffil. 2,938,562 (58.70%)  Ind. 18,077 (0.36%)  Others 1,295 (0.03%). 
New Jersey has: 21 counties.
Largest counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hudson.
Largest cities: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth.

Government
Acting Governor: Richard J. Codey  ...effective Nov. 15, 2004; succeeded James E. McGreevey (D) (elected in 2001, announced on Aug. 12, 2004 he would resign).
State Legislature: New Jersey Legislature   House: 80 seats  Senate: 40 seats
Local: Counties and Municipalities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 7D, 6R - 1. R.Andrews (D) | 2. F.LoBiondo (R) | 3. J.Saxton (R) | 4. C.Smith (R) | 5. S.Garrett (R) | 6. F.Pallone, Jr. (D) | 7. M.Ferguson (R) | 8. B.Pascrell, Jr (D) | 9. S.Rothman (D) | 10. D.Payne (D) | 11. R.Frelinghuysen (R) | 12. R.Holt (D) | 13. R.Menendez (D).
U.S. Senate: Frank Lautenberg (D) elected in 2002, Jon Corzine (D) elected in 2000.

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Last day to register to vote in the November 2, 2004 General Election: October 4, 2004.
Total ballots cast: 3,638,153
Total ballots rejected: 24,017
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,911,430
(52.92)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,670,003
(46.24)
Nader/LaMarche (Ind.) 19,418 (0.54)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 4,514
(0.12)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
2,750
(0.08)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
1,807
(0.05)
Van Auken/Lawrence (SEP)
575
(0.02)
Brown/Herbert (SPUSA)
664
(0.02)
Calero/Hawkins (SWP)
530
(0.01)
Total........3,611,691
 
2004 Overview
Despite the Democratic ticket's margin of 15.84 percentage points in 2000 and 17.86 percentage points in 1996, Republicans made an effort in New Jersey (transcript), and they did significantly cut the Democratic plurality to 241,427 votes (6.68 percentage points).
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).......1,652,329 (53.72)
Dole (Rep.)...........1,103,078 (35.86)
Perot (Ref.)..............262,134
(8.52)
Nader (Grn.)..............32,465
(1.06)
Others (6)..................25,801
(0.84)
Total........3,075,807

1992
Clinton (Dem.).......1,436,206 (42.95)
Bush (Rep.)...........1,356,865 (40.58)
Perot (Ind.)...............521,829
 (15.61)
Others (10).................28,694
(0.86)
Total........3,343,594

2000
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,788,850
(56.13)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,284,173
(40.29)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
94,554
(2.97)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
6,312
(0.20)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
6,989
(0.22)
Hagelin/Ticiati (Ind.)
2,215
(0.07)
McReynolds/Hollis (SPUSA)
1,880
(0.06)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,409
(0.04)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
844
(0.03)
Total........3,187,226

3,219,650 total ballots cast, of which 9,037 rejected.

 2000 Overview
The Gore-Lieberman ticket won New Jersey with a plurality of 504,677 votes (15.84 percentage points), carrying 14 counties to 7 for Bush-Cheney (5 of which were in the northwest corner). Some Garden State Republicans believe a weak Bush state organization contributed to the poor showing and to down-ticket defeats.  In the U.S. Senate race, Jon Corzine (D) outspent Bob Franks (R) by $54.0 million to $3.8 million and won by 50.1% to 47.1% (1,511,237 to 1,420,267).  There were a couple of close House races: in the 12th Rep. Rush Holt (D) defeated former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R) by 651 votes (146,162 to 145,511); in the 7th Mike Ferguson (R) defeated Maryanne Connelly (D) by about 15,000 votes. 
General Election Actitivities
Primary Election -- Tuesday June 8, 2004
Voter Registration:
Dem. 1,130,812    Rep. 865,237   Unaffil. 2,611,586
Indep. 15,357   Grn. 493   Lib. 355   NL 28    Ref. 85   Const. 51    Total 4,624,004

Democratic. 128 Delegates (Pledged 107, Unpledged 21) and 18 Alternates.
Presidential Preference Results
unofficial
Votes
Percent
+John F. Kerry
 191,816
92.14%
George H. Ballard III
 2,758
1.32%
Dennis J. Kucinich
 9,074
4.36%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
4,528
2.18%
Total
208,176

Republican. 52 Delegates (39 CD and 13 AL).

George W. Bush: 211,218
 

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