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==Politics== Monmouth County has generally leaned [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] by small margins in federal, state, and local races, though registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] only outnumber registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] by 2.5%. All of its County Commissioners and constitutional officers are Republicans, and only one district in the county is entirely represented by Democrats in the state legislature. In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], Joe Biden came closer to winning the county than any Democrat since [[Al Gore]] in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]] and [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], the only two Democratic presidential candidates to have won it since [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]], when [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] won a national landslide and carried every county in New Jersey. However, in 2024, [[Donald Trump]] won the county with the best Republican percentage since 1988. As of September 1, 2023, there were a total of 492,307 registered voters in Monmouth County, of whom 140,562 (28.6%) were registered as Democrats, 153,139 (31.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and 192,859 (39.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 5,747 (1.2%) voters registered to other parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NJ Statewide Voter Registration Summary by County|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2020/2020-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017161005/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2020/2020-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |url-status=live|website=NJ Department of State - NJ Division of Elections}}</ref> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 89% of residents of age 18 and over were registered to vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2019/2019-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101013442/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2019/2019-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |url-status=live|title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections Statewide Voter Registration Summary|website=New Jersey Department of State}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Monmouth County, New Jersey|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|197,409|156,382|7,805|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|191,808|181,291|5,291|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|166,723|137,181|13,846|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|148,000|133,820|3,847|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|160,433|148,737|4,244|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|163,650|133,773|2,516|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|119,291|131,476|11,374|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|99,975|120,414|28,572|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|117,715|101,750|46,651|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|147,320|91,844|1,793|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|152,595|79,382|932|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|120,173|71,328|20,470|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|110,104|88,956|3,730|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|124,830|63,176|1,971|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|87,311|69,669|13,476|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|61,367|95,320|368|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|81,382|62,434|244|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|83,828|32,329|594|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|73,228|37,006|257|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|52,908|30,507|1,618|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|49,349|34,720|53|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|49,675|36,298|74|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|41,460|38,914|393|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1932|Republican|40,467|35,219|1,055|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|47,046|24,286|122|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|34,451|14,931|3,100|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|28,818|12,975|543|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|11,624|10,729|237|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|3,683|9,799|6,700|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|12,528|9,274|468|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|10,885|9,032|662|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|10,363|8,570|583|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|10,611|7,799|787|New Jersey}} |} {{Hidden begin |titlestyle = background:#ccccff; |title = Gubernatorial elections results }} {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;" |+ '''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> |- ! Year ! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.8% ''' ''141,100'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.3% ''96,664'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2017]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.0% ''' ''101,525'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.0% ''79,432'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.7% ''' ''123,417'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.7% ''48,477'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2009]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.2% ''' ''129,039'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.2% ''64,672'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2005]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.9% ''' ''101,085'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.8% ''85,187'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2001]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.5% ''89,987'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.5%''' ''91,838'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1997]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.9% ''' ''105,535'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.8% ''74,098'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1993]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.8%''' ''111,303'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.8% ''87,006'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1989]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.9% ''72,403'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.7% ''' ''101,995'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1985]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.9% ''' ''109,238'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.4% ''39,529'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1981]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.9% ''' ''88,873'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.8% ''67,970'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1977]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.4% ''62,031'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.5% ''' ''81,155'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1973]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.3% ''39,345'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.2% ''' ''92,749'' |- |} {{Hidden end}}
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