Editing Cape May County, New Jersey (section)

== Politics ==
Though New Jersey is generally [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in recent state-wide elections, Cape May County is a mostly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county, with the highest percentage of voters registered as Republicans of any county in the state. Despite the county's strong Republican lean, at least one Democrat has won the county in recent years. In 2018, Democrat [[Jeff Van Drew]] outpolled Republican Seth Grossman in the county by a margin of 21,595 (52.6%) to 19,003 (46.3%) in that year's [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections|congressional election.]] Van Drew subsequently changed his partisan affiliation in 2019 and won the county as a Republican over Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy by a margin of 34,627 (60.7%) to 21,899 (38.4%). Since the founding of the Republican Party in 1856, the county has voted Democratic for president five times: in [[1864 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1864]], [[1912 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1912]], [[1936 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1936]], [[1964 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1964]], and [[1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1996]]. As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 74,585 registered voters in Cape May County, of whom 31,859 (42.7%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 18,498 (24.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 23,325 (31.3%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 903 voters (1.2%) 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> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 69.9% were registered to vote, including 81.1% of those ages 18 and over.<ref name="VoterRegistration">[http://njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065450/http://www.njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206113818/http://www.njelections.org/2014-results/2014-1031-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-date=December 6, 2014 |url-status=live|date=December 22, 2014}}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, as of October 31, 2014. Accessed May 11, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20200213113830/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST05/0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State &ndash; County / County Equivalent from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 11, 2015.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|32,151|21,648|987|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|33,158|23,941|834|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|28,446|18,750|2,061|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|25,781|21,657|655|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|27,288|22,893|802|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|28,832|21,475|455|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|23,794|22,189|1,611|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|19,357|19,849|5,830|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|21,502|17,324|10,030|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|28,738|15,105|274|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|28,786|13,378|133|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|22,729|12,708|3,034|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|19,498|16,489|680|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|22,621|8,729|719|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|14,970|9,664|3,538|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|11,390|14,943|47|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|16,076|10,137|9|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|16,887|5,897|31|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|15,218|6,984|7|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|11,227|6,031|159|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|8,252|6,835|27|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|9,429|8,485|30|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|8,531|9,363|58|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|10,112|7,160|210|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|12,207|3,731|40|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|8,139|2,611|496|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,785|2,198|192|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,904|2,097|107|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|909|2,124|1,996|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,937|1,553|152|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,832|1,238|185|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,253|1,109|245|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,136|929|197|New Jersey}}
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.8%''' ''24,260''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.7% ''14,183''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.2%''' ''16,118''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''13,566''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.6%''' ''23,531''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.7% ''8,798''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.3%''' ''18,992''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.3% ''13,379''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.9%''' ''16,179''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.2% ''14,375''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|2001]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.5%''' ''17,471''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.5% ''17,118''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997|1997]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.6%''' ''18,227''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.9% ''15,395''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993|1993]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.2% ''16,518''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.3%''' ''19,904''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989|1989]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.4% ''15,408''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.3%''' ''19,642''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985|1985]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.7%''' ''23,331''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.5% ''7,665''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981|1981]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.2%''' ''18,488''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.3% ''12,274''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977|1977]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.0% ''13,307''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.5%''' ''15,814''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973|1973]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.6%''' ''18,227''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.8% ''10,261''
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