New Jersey 12th Congressional District (NJ) — Elections 1876–2024

New Jersey 12th Congressional District, New Jersey: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+16%. Democratic peak: D+38 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 904,3782024 5-year
Median household income: $113,1902024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 43.8%2024 5-year
Black: 12.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 23.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+38 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+37 in 1920MIT Election Lab

WATSON COLEMAN, BonnieCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: HOLT, Rush (2013–2015), HOLT, Rush (2011–2013), HOLT, Rush (2009–2011), HOLT, Rush (2007–2009)

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

2024 results by constituent county

4 counties · 4 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	+15.7%	221,909	160,081	394,015
2020	D	+26.9%	256,917	147,226	407,198
2016	D	+24.2%	215,699	128,799	358,729
2012	D	+26.3%	209,028	120,759	335,099
2008	D	+22.9%	214,971	133,995	352,882
2004	D	+13.1%	183,306	140,441	326,690
2000	D	+20.0%	167,179	109,508	288,044
1996	D	+21.1%	155,773	96,183	282,778
1992	D	+6.0%	138,800	120,116	310,523
1988	R	−9.4%	128,018	155,061	286,440
1984	R	−17.9%	117,235	168,906	288,567
1980	R	−8.1%	108,327	129,779	263,889
1976	D	+1.9%	132,154	127,224	264,718
1972	R	−20.7%	102,892	158,016	266,237
1968	D	+3.2%	113,753	105,818	248,845
1964	D	+38.3%	164,939	73,296	239,092
1960	D	+13.9%	128,360	96,981	225,871
1956	R	−19.1%	77,330	114,124	192,358
1952	R	−3.2%	85,568	91,370	178,772
1948	D	+6.4%	73,722	64,524	142,894
1944	D	+10.7%	75,256	60,534	136,969
1940	D	+14.7%	78,394	58,250	136,997
1936	D	+23.2%	73,631	45,709	120,215
1932	D	+3.6%	52,016	48,297	103,659
1928	R	−15.0%	41,656	56,448	98,566
1924	R	−34.6%	20,387	45,753	73,293
1920	R	−37.3%	18,078	40,639	60,415
1916	R	−12.1%	13,921	17,843	32,428
1912	D	+14.3%	11,023	7,137	27,162
1908	R	−20.4%	11,734	18,001	30,717
1904	R	−22.0%	10,707	17,025	28,747
1900	R	−20.1%	10,387	15,837	27,056
1896	R	−29.7%	8,284	15,728	25,042
1892	D	+3.7%	11,815	10,940	23,380
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

10.4%

Irish

8.7%

German

6.4%

Polish

4.9%

English

3.6%

American

2.6%

French

0.8%

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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.5%

65–74

5.1%

6.5%

55–64

6.7%

6.8%

45–54

6.7%

6.9%

35–44

6.7%

6.3%

25–34

6.2%

4.7%

18–24

4.6%

8.4%

5–17

7.9%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$113,190

Congressional District 12 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 12$113,190

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

8.5%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.7%

Working age (18–64)7.6%

Seniors (65+)10.6%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

57.4%

speak English only

Spanish18.1%

Other Indo-European13.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander8.5%

Other languages2.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

30.4%

Non-Christian

7.9%

Other Christian

4.5%

Baptist

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.3%

Methodist

1.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

NJ-12 blends university towns, state-capital bureaucracy, and dense suburban corridors to produce some of the most consistent Democratic margins in the state, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris each carrying it by roughly 25 points.

The Democratic margin in New Jersey 12th Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-eight points in 1964; the 2024 margin was sixteen points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $113,190, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 12, New Jersey vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 12, New Jersey voted Democratic by 15.7 points (D+16), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 394,015 votes cast, 221,909 went Democratic and 160,081 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 12, New Jersey's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 12, 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 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 12, New Jersey last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 12, New Jersey voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District 12, New Jersey?

Congressional District 12, New Jersey has a population of 904,378 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 12, New Jersey?

Median household income in Congressional District 12, New Jersey is $113,190 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.

What is the political history of Congressional District 12, New Jersey?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 12, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

New Jersey 12th Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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