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New Jersey election records released Friday show the state added 22,548 registered voters in July, the highest monthly gain since October 2020.
The new report from the state Division of Elections comes after a month that saw major events galvanize the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns. Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, withdrew from his campaign and — along with many other Democrats — quickly pledged support to Vice President Kamala Harris for the party’s nomination.
July saw Republican rolls in New Jersey jump by 7,165, while 14,604 more unaffiliated voters registered.
Democrats meanwhile added just 1,040 voters, after a June that saw them add 24,714. June, however, was an even bigger month for Republicans, who added 27,170 registered voters as the number of unaffiliated voters in the state fell by 37,140.
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The most voter growth in July came in three of the state’s largest four counties, Bergen, Essex and Hudson. Each added more than 2,000 voters. Only Camden County saw its number of registered voters fall during the month.
New Jersey gains registered voters
Prior to July, the largest monthly gain in the number of registered voters was in June, when the state added 14,446 voters. New Jersey added about 87,500 voters in the first seven months of 2024, an average of about 12,500 per month.
Since the last presidential cycle in August 2020, the total number of registered voters in New Jersey has grown by more than 386,000, state records show. Democrats have added 78,168 to the rolls. There are 100,564 more unaffiliated voters, and Republican ranks have grown by 207,252.
The Republican gains on the state’s Democrats have continued this calendar year, with the party adding 52,309 voters and bringing its total to 1,598,106. The number of unaffiliated voters has grown by 14,217 to 2,400,038, and Democrats have added 21,396 to their state-leading block of 2,521,808 registered voters.
State GOP officials have said the growth in their ranks combined with the number of unaffiliated voters gives Trump a chance at flipping the historically blue state this November. An Emerson College poll conducted this past March suggested it would be a close race, but that survey was taken with Biden as Trump’s projected opponent on Election Day.
Last time NJ voted for a Republican presidential candidate was in 1988
New Jersey has not supported a Republican presidential candidate since George H. W. Bush won in 1988. Democrats have dominated the state’s races for president, Congress and the governor’s office since Trump’s first year in office.
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Vote.org representatives said their website registered roughly 38,500 new voters in the two days after Biden suspended his campaign and endorsed Harris, including more than 1,300 in New Jersey. The two-day growth in new voters nationwide was the most through Vote.org since Taylor Swift urged her followers to register in September 2023, officials said.
As of Aug. 1, the total number of registered voters in New Jersey is nearly 6.6 million of the state’s 9.3 million residents, records show.
New Jerseyans have until Oct.15 to register for the 2024 general election on Nov. 5. Registration can be completed online through the New Jersey Division of Elections website.
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Publish date : 2024-08-04 22:14:00
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