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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
presidential margin
2008D+29.32012D+31.72016D+29.32020D+28.02024D+14.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
D+14.7
2024
median income$102,164U.S. $80,734 · NJ $103,556
median age39.6U.S. 39.1
poverty rate12.7%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)43.9%U.S. 35.6%
non-english40.2%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Italian10.8%
Irish8.5%
German5.6%
Dominican6.0%
Puerto Rican5.4%
Mexican3.0%
African American†8.7%
Jamaican1.7%
Haitian1.2%
Chinese4.0%
Asian Indian3.4%
Filipino1.0%
religion
other traditions
Muslim4.5%
Jewish4.4%
Mainline3.0%
Black Protestant1.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey

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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJHarrisD+14.7
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2024 presidential margin by county for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, NJA map of the constituent counties of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, NJ, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Middlesex County, NJ · D+8.0Monmouth County, NJ · R+11.4Ocean County, NJ · R+36.0Somerset County, NJ · D+13.9Nassau County, NY · R+4.2Suffolk County, NY · R+9.9Essex County, NJ · D+44.9Hunterdon County, NJ · R+6.7Morris County, NJ · R+2.7Sussex County, NJ · R+24.9Union County, NJ · D+24.2Bergen County, NJ · D+3.4Hudson County, NJ · D+28.1Passaic County, NJ · R+2.9Bronx County, NY · D+45.1Kings County, NY · D+43.3New York County, NY · D+64.2Putnam County, NY · R+13.6Queens County, NY · D+24.2Richmond County, NY · R+29.5Rockland County, NY · R+11.8Westchester County, NY · D+26.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic56.6%4,561,803
Donald TrumpRepublican41.9%3,377,483
Jill SteinGreen1.4%113,581
D+60
R+60
22 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (22 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, NJ — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Bergen County, NJDemocraticD+3.4
Bronx County, NYDemocraticD+45.1
Essex County, NJDemocraticD+44.9
Hudson County, NJDemocraticD+28.1
Hunterdon County, NJRepublicanR+6.7
Kings County, NYDemocraticD+43.3
Middlesex County, NJDemocraticD+8.0
Monmouth County, NJRepublicanR+11.4
Morris County, NJRepublicanR+2.7
Nassau County, NYRepublicanR+4.2
New York County, NYDemocraticD+64.2
Ocean County, NJRepublicanR+36.0
Passaic County, NJRepublicanR+2.9
Putnam County, NYRepublicanR+13.6
Queens County, NYDemocraticD+24.2
Richmond County, NYRepublicanR+29.5
Rockland County, NYRepublicanR+11.8
Somerset County, NJDemocraticD+13.9
Suffolk County, NYRepublicanR+9.9
Sussex County, NJRepublicanR+24.9
Union County, NJDemocraticD+24.2
Westchester County, NYDemocraticD+26.1
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
56.6%Harris4,561,803
41.9%Trump3,377,483
1.4%Stein113,581
+14.7%
8,052,867
D
63.6%Biden5,412,113
35.6%Trump3,025,487
0.8%Jorgensen72,322
+28.0%
8,509,922
D
62.9%Clinton4,733,875
33.6%Trump2,530,782
3.5%Johnson265,360
+29.3%
7,530,017
D
65.3%Obama4,441,490
33.6%Romney2,284,983
1.1%Johnson77,100
+31.7%
6,803,573
D
64.2%Obama4,693,052
34.9%McCain2,552,620
0.8%Nader59,331
+29.3%
7,305,003
D
60.2%Kerry4,148,559
38.7%Bush2,665,011
1.1%Other73,147
+21.5%
6,886,717
D
63.6%Gore3,947,538
32.6%Bush2,026,318
3.8%Nader236,724
+30.9%
6,210,580
D
61.8%Clinton3,559,422
30.1%Dole1,730,615
8.1%Perot467,952
+31.8%
5,757,989
D
51.8%Clinton3,259,692
35.6%Bush2,240,581
12.6%Perot790,595
+16.2%
6,290,868
D
50.2%Dukakis2,991,492
48.7%Bush2,902,093
1.0%G.61,794
+1.5%
5,955,379
R
46.0%Mondale2,897,434
53.5%Reagan3,366,733
0.5%Holmes31,768
−7.5%
6,295,935
R
42.6%Carter2,426,316
48.6%Reagan2,769,520
8.8%Anderson501,542
−6.0%
5,697,378
D
53.4%Carter3,217,761
45.4%Ford2,732,811
1.2%McCarthy69,697
+8.1%
6,020,269
R
41.8%McGovern2,749,757
57.5%Nixon3,782,659
0.7%Schmitz48,437
−15.7%
6,580,853
D
49.9%Humphrey3,156,896
43.1%Nixon2,724,779
7.0%Wallace444,099
+6.8%
6,325,774
D
67.6%Johnson4,470,404
32.1%Goldwater2,125,441
0.3%Hass19,796
+35.4%
6,615,641
D
54.4%Kennedy3,565,954
45.1%Nixon2,955,865
0.5%Byrd34,436
+9.3%
6,556,255
R
40.9%Stevenson2,571,060
58.7%Eisenhower3,685,943
0.4%Andrews23,924
−17.8%
6,280,927
R
46.3%Stevenson2,911,147
52.2%Eisenhower3,283,254
1.5%Hallinan92,621
−5.9%
6,287,022
D
46.2%Truman2,485,902
43.6%Dewey2,345,834
10.3%Thurmond551,957
+2.6%
5,383,693
D
54.6%Roosevelt3,015,091
44.8%Dewey2,477,633
0.6%Thomas31,784
+9.7%
5,524,508
D
54.6%Roosevelt2,950,436
44.7%Willkie2,415,437
0.7%Thomas38,897
+9.9%
5,404,770
D
65.8%Roosevelt3,102,162
32.2%Landon1,519,891
2.0%Lemke93,867
+33.6%
4,715,920
D
58.9%Roosevelt2,298,288
35.9%Hoover1,400,429
5.2%Thomas200,901
+23.0%
3,899,618
D
51.9%Smith1,821,035
45.9%Hoover1,608,753
2.2%Thomas78,432
+6.1%
3,508,220
R
31.5%Davis782,467
52.1%Coolidge1,293,942
16.4%La Follette407,729
−20.6%
2,484,138
R
27.0%Cox584,981
64.4%Harding1,393,278
8.6%Debs185,349
−37.4%
2,163,608
R
46.9%Wilson553,546
49.2%Hughes581,641
3.9%Benson45,931
−2.4%
1,181,118
D
44.9%Wilson486,921
19.9%Taft215,332
35.2%Roosevelt382,080
+25.0%
1,084,333
R
42.0%Bryan452,469
51.0%Taft548,918
7.0%Debs75,736
−9.0%
1,077,123
R
46.3%Parker486,785
48.7%Roosevelt511,963
5.1%Debs53,248
−2.4%
1,051,996
R
47.8%Bryan466,817
49.2%McKinley481,286
3.0%Woolley29,403
−1.5%
977,506
R
40.0%Bryan347,471
55.4%McKinley480,871
4.6%Palmer39,991
−15.4%
868,333
D
56.4%Cleveland448,416
40.1%Harrison318,492
3.5%Weaver27,674
+16.4%
794,582
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +14.7% in 2024.flipped D · 1988+14.7%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+16.4%
1896−15.4%
1900−1.5%
1904−2.4%
1908−9.0%
1912+25.0%
1916−2.4%
1920−37.4%
1924−20.6%
1928+6.1%
1932+23.0%
1936+33.6%
1940+9.9%
1944+9.7%
1948+2.6%
1952−5.9%
1956−17.8%
1960+9.3%
1964+35.4%
1968+6.8%
1972−15.7%
1976+8.1%
1980−6.0%
1984−7.5%
1988+1.5%
1992+16.2%
1996+31.8%
2000+30.9%
2004+21.5%
2008+29.3%
2012+31.7%
2016+29.3%
2020+28.0%
2024+14.7%
DemocraticRepublican

The tri-state metro consistently delivers Democratic presidential margins above 30 points, driven by dense urban cores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Newark, while suburban counties in New Jersey and Long Island remain perennial battlegrounds for statewide races.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 13.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.

A population of 19,798,537, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,164 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

Political twins — metros

The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
94.0twin score
population scale2004–2020 trajectory≠ % Asian
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
93.0twin score
2000–2020 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
92.2twin score
2000–2016 trajectory% Asian≠ population scale

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey voted Democratic by 14.7 points (D+14.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,052,867 votes cast, 4,561,803 went Democratic and 3,377,483 went Republican.
When did New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey has a population of 19,798,537 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
Median household income in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey is $102,164 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.