Editing Essex County, New Jersey (section)

== Politics == 
In presidential elections, the county has long been Democratic and is the most Democratic county in the state. It was the only county in the state to be won by [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984, and voted Democratic all but once since 1960. Democrats have won every presidential election in the 21st century with over 70% of the vote and Republicans have not won the county in a statewide contest since the 1985 gubernatorial election.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2008&fips=34&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip's Presidential Atlas (Maps for New Jersey by election)]</ref> As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 571,960 registered voters in Essex County, of whom 299,613 (52.4%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 58,618 (10.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 208,422 (36.4%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 5,307 voters (0.9%) 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|83,908|224,596|4,779|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|75,475|266,820|3,892|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|63,176|240,837|8,871|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|64,767|237,035|2,269|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|74,063|240,306|2,181|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|83,374|203,681|2,293|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|66,842|185,505|7,226|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|65,162|175,368|13,666|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|89,146|158,130|29,582|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|111,491|156,098|9,378|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|136,798|173,295|4,450|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|117,222|145,281|24,663|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|133,911|174,434|7,467|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|170,036|161,270|7,582|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|140,084|185,440|31,571|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|116,172|277,042|3,263|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|167,848|217,878|7,897|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|234,682|146,313|7,258|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|219,863|180,501|7,271|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|166,963|155,468|21,136|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|178,989|174,320|7,433|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|182,124|154,363|7,547|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|140,991|174,857|3,593|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|149,630|132,666|8,476|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|168,856|118,268|1,390|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|123,614|41,708|21,351|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|116,168|40,970|6,710|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|54,167|34,596|2,676|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|16,994|26,250|37,357|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|53,688|30,192|3,127|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|50,508|25,452|4,550|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|45,316|25,731|2,241|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|42,587|20,509|2,429|New Jersey}}
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! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973|1973]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''69.2%''' ''162,989''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |29.0% ''68,223''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977|1977]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''58.0%''' ''120,576''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |40.1% ''83,409''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981|1981]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''57.9%''' ''129,969''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |41.1% ''92,185''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985|1985]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.2% ''56,694''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''66.9%''' ''121,685''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989|1989]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''68.9%''' ''131,835''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |29.9% ''57,206''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993|1993]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''58.7%''' ''116,891''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |39.6% ''78,824''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997|1997]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''61.2%''' ''120,429''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |35.3% ''69,470''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|2001]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''71.9%''' ''129,406''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |27.0% ''48,540''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''72.7%''' ''131,312''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |25.4% ''45,789''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''67.2%''' ''122,640''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |27.5% ''50,240''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''61.8%''' ''95,747''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |37% ''57,353''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''79.5%''' ''129,470''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |18.8% ''30,633''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''74.3%''' ''132,520''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}} |25.6% ''45,542''
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