Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Atlantic County.
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.
New Jersey 2nd State Senate District
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New Jersey 2nd State Senate DistrictHarrisD+1.5
20082024
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic
49.7%
53,168
Donald TrumpRepublican
48.3%
51,596
Jill SteinGreen
2.0%
2,126
D+60R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New Jersey 2nd State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
County
Winner
Margin
Atlantic County, NJ
Republican
R+3.0
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Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Total
D
49.7%Harris53,168
48.3%Trump51,596
2.0%Stein2,126
+1.5%
106,890
D
55.5%Biden64,238
43.8%Trump50,734
0.7%Jorgensen781
+11.7%
115,753
D
54.4%Clinton53,019
42.4%Trump41,320
3.1%Johnson3,037
+12.0%
97,376
D
60.5%Obama55,246
39.5%Romney36,124
0.0%
+20.9%
91,370
D
58.4%Obama57,789
40.2%McCain39,798
1.3%Nader1,306
+18.2%
98,893
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2008
+18.2%
2012
+20.9%
2016
+12.0%
2020
+11.7%
2024
+1.5%
DemocraticRepublican
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current representation
Current officeholders
RVince PolistinaState Senate · 2
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Jersey's 2nd Senate District, anchored in Atlantic County, swung from double-digit Republican presidential margins a decade ago to within 1.5 points in 2024, making it one of the state's most closely watched competitive corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.5 points.
A population of 231,513, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,942 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 1 and State Senate District 23.
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Political twins — state-senate districts
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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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How did New Jersey 2nd State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Jersey 2nd State Senate District voted Democratic by 1.5 points (D+1.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 106,890 votes cast, 53,168 went Democratic and 51,596 went Republican.
How many people live in New Jersey 2nd State Senate District?
New Jersey 2nd State Senate District has a population of 231,513 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Jersey 2nd State Senate District?
Median household income in New Jersey 2nd State Senate District is $76,942 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New Jersey 2nd State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New Jersey 2nd State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
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