Editing Passaic County, New Jersey (section)

== Politics==
Passaic County was historically a [[swing county]], as it voted for the national winner all but twice (in 1976 and 1992) between 1920 and 1992. Since 1996, the county has leaned Democratic until recently, as Republicans have made significant gains in the country, especially in the more urban parts. In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Democratic support declined to 59.5%, although nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] still won the county comfortably overall, and the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] saw Democratic support decline to 57.5% - a margin of 16.5% for former [[Joe Biden|Vice President Joe Biden]] over [[Donald Trump|Republican President Donald Trump]], which was a slightly wider margin than the state as a whole. Passaic County's namesake municipality, the small city of Passaic, saw the biggest overall drop for Biden compared to Clinton among its municipalities, which helped Trump narrow the gap in the county overall in 2020 compared to 2016:

2016: Clinton 12,275 (75%) - Trump 3,743 (22.8%) (all other candidates with 347 combined votes in the city - 2.2%)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Presidential Election Results - Passaic County |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-passaic.pdf}}</ref>

2020: Biden 11,638 (62.5%) - Trump 6,835 (36.7%) (all other candidates with 162 combined votes in the city - 0.8%)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Presidential Election Results - Passaic County |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-passaic.pdf}}</ref>

In the [[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024 presidential election]], Donald Trump flipped the county Republican, and most notably, its cities of [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] and [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]]. This outcome was in correspondence with the rightward trend of the county in recent years, which was also seen in the [[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021 gubernatorial election]], and the nation in this election. Donald Trump became the first Republican to win a presidential election in the county since [[George H. W. Bush|George H.W. Bush]] in the [[1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey|1992 presidential election]]. As of August 1, 2020, there were a total of 318,029 registered voters in Passaic County, of which 128,114 (40.3%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 64,389 (20.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 120,282 (37.8%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 5,244 (1.7%) voters registered to other parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NJ Voter Registration by County|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2020/2020-08-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920183502/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2020/2020-08-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |url-status=live|website=NJ DOS - NJ Division of Elections}}</ref> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 53.2% were registered to vote, including 70.8% of those ages 18 and over.<ref name="VoterRegistration">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-passaic-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Passaic], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed January 13, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 13, 2013.</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|100,954|95,156|7,241|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|92,009|129,097|3,224|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|72,902|116,759|6,567|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|64,523|115,926|1,765|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|72,552|113,257|1,904|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|75,200|94,962|1,149|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|61,043|90,324|5,206|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|53,594|85,879|13,478|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|71,147|70,030|23,711|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|88,070|66,254|3,189|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|101,951|69,590|3,399|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|82,531|61,486|14,934|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|85,102|76,194|4,930|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|108,511|62,302|4,110|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|79,862|74,442|18,353|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|63,114|113,919|2,666|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|80,853|90,950|7,599|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|101,182|61,859|3,635|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|89,083|70,727|4,380|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|59,675|60,147|10,608|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|67,856|68,737|589|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|65,523|69,880|504|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|49,046|71,384|1,760|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|49,218|54,576|5,610|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|57,708|47,167|959|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|43,384|11,644|14,571|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|42,692|11,873|4,660|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|18,754|13,340|1,810|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|5,349|10,810|14,372|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|17,638|11,960|1,918|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|17,705|11,532|2,150|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|15,619|12,892|973|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|15,437|9,280|1,530|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}}|47.7% ''53,551''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.5%''' ''57,812''
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2017]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.0% ''36,230''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.1%''' ''57,514''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.9% ''' ''53,858''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.9% ''46,825''
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2009]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.8% ''48,500''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.5%''' ''57,010''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2005]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.9% ''41,532''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''61,803''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2001]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.8% ''43,806''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.1%''' ''62,390''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1997]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.2% ''55,541''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.1%''' ''60,255''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1993]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.9%''' ''65,220''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.6% ''55,086''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1989]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.5% ''42,106''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.5% ''' ''67,934''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1985]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.8% ''' ''70,896''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.8% ''29,263''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1981]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.8%''' ''62,273''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.8% ''58,573''
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1977]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.3%''' ''57,545''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''49,223''
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1973]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.8% ''44,844''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.4% ''' ''71,673''
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