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1876–2024
State Senate District 2·New Jersey

New Jersey 2nd State Senate District delivered R+3 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A once-reliably red district that's tightened to near-dead-even presidential margins

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NJ
Latest
R+3
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
165,891
2024 ACS

New Jersey 2nd State Senate District, New Jersey: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+3%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+3MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
165,8912024 5-year
Median household income
$78,0502024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
56.1%2024 5-year
Black
13.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
20.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+32 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+56 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−3.0%
37,15639,52178,186
D
+6.7%
44,31938,69383,588
D
+7.0%
36,58331,63970,880
D
+16.8%
39,39127,93568,059
D
+15.1%
40,73029,96571,481
D
+5.9%
33,47429,71563,708
D
+19.0%
31,75321,37254,704
D
+17.8%
26,68117,73750,200
D
+5.9%
23,79820,58354,221
R
−13.5%
20,44426,87047,702
R
−19.2%
19,96029,51849,749
R
−8.8%
18,78622,80245,757
D
+6.5%
25,19922,05748,416
R
−22.8%
16,93527,42246,056
D
+3.6%
21,36519,70046,737
D
+32.5%
30,59115,38846,848
R
−3.9%
21,69423,51346,217
R
−33.8%
13,01126,84040,855
R
−16.3%
17,38524,17441,657
R
−10.8%
15,20018,98034,870
D
+6.2%
17,39715,36832,902
D
+8.4%
21,71018,34540,110
D
+23.1%
23,78214,82038,843
R
−5.3%
16,85618,77336,185
R
−32.0%
11,50022,36033,905
R
−55.4%
4,16516,77522,781
R
−55.9%
3,45412,75716,648
R
−27.5%
3,2835,8329,275
D
+3.3%
2,9332,6558,384
R
−30.7%
2,7485,2978,315
R
−43.3%
1,8404,7646,753
R
−39.3%
1,5413,6765,432
R
−36.6%
1,3413,0054,549
R
−4.9%
1,8031,9993,982
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
16.6%
Irish
15.6%
German
11.7%
English
6.9%
Polish
3.5%
American
2.7%
French
1.1%
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: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.2%
2.6%
75–84
3.4%
5.6%
65–74
6.2%
7.1%
55–64
7.7%
5.8%
45–54
6.4%
5.5%
35–44
5.8%
6.0%
25–34
6.1%
4.4%
18–24
4.4%
8.0%
5–17
7.6%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,050
State Senate District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 2$78,050
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
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.6%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
73.7%
speak English only
Spanish15.0%
Other Indo-European6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.8%
Other Christian
10.0%
Non-Christian
6.6%
Methodist
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Baptist
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-two points in 1964; the Republican margin reached fifty-six points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 165,891, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,050 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 2, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 2, New Jersey voted Republican by 3.0 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 78,186 votes cast, 37,156 went Democratic and 39,521 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 2, New Jersey's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 2, New Jersey as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 2, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 2, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in State Senate District 2, New Jersey?
State Senate District 2, New Jersey has a population of 165,891 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 2, New Jersey?
Median household income in State Senate District 2, New Jersey is $78,050 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of State Senate District 2, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 2, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.