- Lead
- 33,228
- Total
- 114,337
- vs nation
- D+30.5
New Jersey 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 41,573
- Total
- 132,574
- vs nation
- D+26.9
- Lead
- 29,700
- Total
- 112,896
- vs nation
- D+24.2
- Lead
- 33,285
- Total
- 111,298
- vs nation
- D+26.1
- Lead
- 35,007
- Total
- 115,175
- vs nation
- D+23.1
- Lead
- 20,309
- Total
- 105,103
- vs nation
- D+21.8
- Lead
- 24,528
- Total
- 90,745
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 22,886
- Total
- 83,670
- vs nation
- D+18.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 230,1292024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,209 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 104 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $107,2722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.7 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 15, NJ · twin score 86.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Jersey 7th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
70.4%
32,574 votes · D+40.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 64.9%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
67.8%
13,222 votes · R+35.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 64.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
86,027votes
64.9% of the vote · D+31.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 74,202 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
44,454votes
33.5% of the vote · D+31.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 42,011 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+30.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +26.9 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+24.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+7.1 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +18.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+29.1, this Essex County–area district anchors the Democratic base in northern New Jersey, where dense urban centers drive consistently lopsided statewide results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 35.7 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.
A population of 230,129, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,272 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 15 and State Senate District 1.
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.
District research tools
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