NEW JERSEY | 15 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NJ Division of Elections)
New Jersey has: 21 counties. Largest counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hudson. Largest cities: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth. Government
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State
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Division of Elections Green
Party of NJ
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Total
ballots cast: 3,638,153
Total ballots rejected: 24,017 |
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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
1992
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2000
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 |
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Democratic. 128 Delegates (Pledged 107, Unpledged 21) and 18 Alternates.
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Republican. 52 Delegates (39 CD and 13 AL).
George W. Bush: 211,218