Editing Mercer County, New Jersey (section)

== Politics ==
Mercer County is a reliably Democratic county; it has gone for Republicans only three times (in [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]], [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]], [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]) since [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]. In each presidential election of the 21st century, the Democratic candidate earned at least 60% of the vote. Since the 2008 election, every municipality has voted for the Democratic candidate, and in the 2024 election, it was the 2nd most Democratic county in the state. This comes after [[Joe Biden]] won the county by 40.0% in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], the widest margin for anyone since [[United States presidential election|1964]]. As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 265,703 registered voters in Mercer County, of whom 121,653 (45.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrats]], 41,701 (15.7%) were registered as [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republicans]] and 98,343 (37.0%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 4,006 voters (1.5%) 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], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|52,274|107,558|3,947|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|51,641|122,532|3,050|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|46,193|104,775|7,090|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|47,355|104,377|3,623|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|50,223|107,926|2,229|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|56,604|91,580|1,326|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|46,670|83,256|5,633|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|40,559|77,641|13,526|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|50,473|71,383|23,404|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|65,384|68,712|1,249|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|71,195|66,398|528|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|53,450|60,888|14,244|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|58,453|69,621|2,782|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|69,303|62,180|1,708|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|45,354|63,218|16,957|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|35,081|86,985|148|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|46,924|74,166|179|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|56,029|52,684|392|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|50,423|57,751|488|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|37,794|49,690|1,952|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|36,844|52,383|144|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|37,190|50,121|222|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|29,283|47,702|579|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|33,715|30,284|2,880|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|41,056|27,908|374|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|30,689|14,639|6,223|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|29,626|15,713|1,344|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|14,213|10,621|659|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|5,676|7,773|7,671|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|14,941|9,288|1,100|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|14,900|8,528|1,158|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|13,878|7,861|769|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|13,847|5,970|901|New Jersey}}
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|+ '''Gubernatorial elections results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml| title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive }}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.1% ''34,617''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.1%''' ''66,151''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2017]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.1%' ''30,645''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.9%''' ''59,992''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.9% ''' ''48,530''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.3% ''43,282''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2009]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.3% ''39,769''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.5%''' ''55,199''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2005]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.2% ''38,871''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.1%''' ''56,592''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2001]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.6% ''31,705''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.9%''' ''57,513''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1997]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.8% ''44,056''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.9%''' ''54,977''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1993]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.0%''' ''57,599''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.9% ''50,840''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1989]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.1% ''29,987''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.5% ''' ''67,962''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1985]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.2% ''' ''53,562''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.6% ''30,212''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1981]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.8% ''43,156''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.8%''' ''53,897''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1977]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.9% ''32,994''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.3% ''' ''65,371''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1973]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.3% ''20,859''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''76.3% ''' ''71,527''
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