Editing Ocean County, New Jersey (section)

==Politics==
Ocean County is the most Republican county in New Jersey, a state that characteristically votes Democratic. In its history, it has failed to support a Republican for president only three times. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win Ocean County was [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], who carried the county with a 46% plurality of the vote. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964. The only other time it did not back a Republican was in [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]] when it voted for [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s Progressive Party with a plurality of the vote. In 2024, the county's Republican tilt increased in support of [[Donald Trump]], the best such performance since [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]'s 1984 landslide.<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>

As of 2024, all of its state legislators, County commissioners, and countywide constitutional officers are Republicans. As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 458,230 registered voters in Ocean County, of whom 171,085 (37.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 102,005 (22.3%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 179,085 (39.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 6,055 voters (1.3%) registered to other parties.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2021/2021-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary as of October 1, 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812171838/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2021/2021-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |date=August 12, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 63.2% were registered to vote, including 82.6% of those ages 18 and over.<ref name="VoterRegistration">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-ocean-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Ocean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617094855/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-ocean-co-summary-report.pdf |date=June 17, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State &ndash; County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |date=July 9, 2021 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|227,232|105,789|5,014|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|217,740|119,456|5,550|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|179,079|87,150|10,496|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|146,475|102,300|3,079|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|160,677|110,189|4,111|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|154,204|99,839|2,424|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|105,684|102,104|8,605|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|82,830|94,243|25,903|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|95,984|75,431|44,828|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|124,587|64,474|1,497|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|124,391|51,012|1,710|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|98,433|46,923|12,212|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|77,875|56,413|2,493|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|77,979|27,710|1,978|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|41,995|26,909|9,059|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|25,985|36,892|837|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|31,430|20,113|355|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|28,033|9,367|79|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|23,490|8,660|117|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|16,740|6,366|661|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|13,317|7,683|32|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|13,394|8,762|26|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|11,293|9,889|190|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|10,513|7,508|439|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|12,301|4,452|54|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|8,677|2,594|951|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|6,840|2,138|161|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,386|2,076|65|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|919|1,858|2,163|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,326|1,634|145|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,666|1,709|185|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,182|1,413|240|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,384|1,068|210|New Jersey}}
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|+ '''Gubernatorial elections results'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=October 9, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.6% ''' ''143,148''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.7% ''67,176''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% ''649''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.1% ''' ''98,135''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.8% ''56,582''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''3,446''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.7% ''' ''125,781''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.8% ''37,930''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''2,536''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.6% ''' ''124,238''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.4% ''53,761''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.0% ''11,317''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.2% ''' ''93,693''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.6% ''71,953''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.2% ''7,242''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|2001]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.1% ''77,726''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.3% ''' ''84,538''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% ''2,690''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997|1997]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.8% ''' ''84,897''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.7% ''57,944''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.6% ''15,076''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993|1993]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.4% ''' ''87,943''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.7% ''78,132''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% ''4,879''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989|1989]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.1% ''62,700''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.1% ''' ''83,587''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% ''2,669''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985|1985]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.7% ''' ''90,670''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.1% ''30,948''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''1,455''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981|1981]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.5% ''' ''78,757''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.3% ''52,036''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''1,610''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977|1977]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.3% ''45,513''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.1%''' ''59,307''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% ''5,391''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973|1973]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.2% ''32,502''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.4%''' ''53,688''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% ''2,751''
|-
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