New Jersey 8th Congressional District (NJ) — Elections 1876–2024

New Jersey 8th Congressional District, New Jersey: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+29%. Democratic peak: D+53 in 2012.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+29MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 627,2062024 5-year
Median household income: $92,3512024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 32.9%2024 5-year
Black: 14.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 39.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+53 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+27 in 1956MIT Election Lab

MENENDEZ, RobertCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: SIRES, Albio (2021–2023), SIRES, Albio (2019–2021), SIRES, Albio (2017–2019), SIRES, Albio (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

3 counties · 3 D · 0 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+28.6%	132,485	72,175	210,985
2020	D	+45.8%	163,635	60,465	225,234
2016	D	+50.2%	147,035	46,469	200,346
2012	D	+53.0%	138,159	41,769	181,873
2008	D	+44.6%	139,256	52,811	193,687
2004	D	+33.3%	115,671	57,505	174,530
2000	D	+41.5%	107,278	42,928	155,097
1996	D	+42.9%	104,830	38,563	154,338
1992	D	+16.5%	90,899	62,621	171,503
1988	D	+5.8%	89,450	79,541	170,845
1984	R	−8.8%	87,107	103,943	192,253
1980	D	+0.7%	86,010	84,672	182,664
1976	D	+8.9%	104,650	87,179	195,510
1972	R	−20.4%	81,799	124,365	208,991
1968	D	+11.8%	111,836	85,597	221,840
1964	D	+45.6%	176,850	65,490	244,415
1960	D	+17.7%	150,435	104,753	257,623
1956	R	−26.7%	92,075	160,985	258,445
1952	R	−0.6%	134,091	135,654	276,969
1948	D	+19.1%	146,979	98,334	254,874
1944	D	+20.0%	155,004	103,094	259,203
1940	D	+26.7%	165,708	95,592	262,228
1936	D	+50.2%	184,635	60,666	247,161
1932	D	+38.4%	145,264	63,348	213,394
1928	D	+15.3%	120,138	88,085	209,133
1924	R	−0.5%	69,254	70,085	157,225
1920	R	−25.5%	48,438	83,418	137,110
1916	R	−0.2%	34,998	35,149	71,871
1912	D	+38.2%	31,546	7,758	62,288
1908	R	−5.3%	30,992	34,635	68,960
1904	R	−1.4%	29,578	30,443	63,126
1900	D	+4.4%	29,484	26,908	58,253
1896	R	−11.0%	21,932	27,605	51,435
1892	D	+14.5%	25,645	19,076	45,457
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	53.6%	44.0%	4,031,795
2020	D	57.2%	40.9%	4,440,440
2018	D	54.0%	42.8%	3,169,310
2014	D	55.8%	42.3%	1,869,535
2012	D	58.9%	39.4%	3,376,649
2008	D	56.0%	42.0%	3,482,445
2006	D	53.4%	44.3%	2,250,070
2002	D	53.9%	43.9%	2,112,604
2000	D	50.1%	47.1%	3,015,662
1996	D	52.7%	42.6%	2,883,466
1994	D	50.3%	47.0%	2,054,887
1990	D	50.4%	47.4%	1,938,454
1988	D	53.6%	45.2%	2,987,634
1984	D	64.2%	34.9%	3,096,456
1982	D	50.9%	47.8%	2,193,945
1978	D	55.3%	43.1%	1,957,515
1976	D	60.7%	38.0%	2,771,390

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

Italian

7.2%

Irish

6.1%

German

3.5%

Polish

2.6%

American

2.5%

English

1.9%

French

0.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.3%

3.5%

65–74

4.1%

5.4%

55–64

5.7%

6.0%

45–54

6.1%

8.3%

35–44

7.7%

9.9%

25–34

9.5%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

7.3%

5–17

6.9%

3.2%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$92,351

Congressional District 8 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 8$92,351

New Jersey$103,556

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.7%

Working age (18–64)12.5%

Seniors (65+)19.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

45.7%

speak English only

Spanish32.2%

Other Indo-European11.4%

Asian & Pacific Islander7.1%

Other languages3.7%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

31.6%

Non-Christian

8.6%

Other Christian

5.0%

Baptist

2.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Methodist

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in Hudson County, NJ-8 combines dense immigrant communities and working-class neighborhoods to produce presidential margins exceeding 20 points, making it among the most reliably Democratic-voting districts in the state.

The Democratic margin in New Jersey 8th Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-three points in 2012; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,351, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 8, New Jersey vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 8, New Jersey voted Democratic by 28.6 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 210,985 votes cast, 132,485 went Democratic and 72,175 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 8, New Jersey's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 8, New Jersey as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 8, New Jersey last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 8, New Jersey voted Republican was 1984.

How many people live in Congressional District 8, New Jersey?

Congressional District 8, New Jersey has a population of 627,206 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 8, New Jersey?

Median household income in Congressional District 8, New Jersey is $92,351 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.

What is the political history of Congressional District 8, New Jersey?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 8, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

New Jersey 8th Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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