2004
New Jersey in 2004
The 2004 contest saw New Jersey line up behind Kerry, delivering 15 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — George W. Bush (Republican) won the presidency, leaving New Jersey among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 4th consecutive election in which New Jersey backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. New Jersey did not move alone — neighboring New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware broke the same way in 2004. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.
In the national count, George W. Bush took 286 of the 538 electoral votes, against John Kerry's 251. George W. Bush led the national popular vote with 50.73% of the ballots cast.
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