Presidential election results by Legislative District

by: Scott Weingart

Sat Jan 31, 2009 at 03:51:34 PM EST

In the November presidential election, Barack Obama carried 28 of the state's 40 legislative districts, while John McCain carried just 12. The closest districts were 12 and 21; in 12, McCain won by 435 votes out of over 113,000 cast, while in 21, Obama won by 529 votes out of over 116,000 cast.

Turnout was the highest in the fast-growing, southern Ocean County-based 9th district, where more than 124,000 people voted. The 9th also gave McCain his largest vote total-over 71,000-and his fourth largest percentage win in the state. Turnout was the lowest in the Newark-based 29th, which was also by far Obama's strongest district in the state. Obama won his largest vote total-over 73,000 votes-in the 7th district, which includes Willingboro, Mount Holly, Pennsauken and most of the river towns in Burlington County.

Only two districts that Obama failed to win by more than 11% elected Democratic legislators in 2007, and the two that did represent districts in South Jersey. All ten Republicans elected to a districts that McCain didn't either carry or lose by less than half a percentage point hail from the southern half of the state.

Table: Republican legislators in Obama districts

Legislator	District	Obama MOV
Sen. Diane Allen	7	37.9%
Sen. Bill Baroni	14	17.5%
Asm. John Amodeo	2	17.5%
Asm. Vince Polistina	2	17.5%
Sen. Phil Haines	8	7.6%
Asm. Scott Rudder	8	7.6%
Asw. Dawn-Marie Addiego	8	7.6%
Sen. Sean Kean	11	5.7%
Asw. Mary Pat Angelini	11	5.7%
Asm. David Rible	11	5.7%
Sen. Tom Kean	21	0.5%
Asm. Jon Bramnick	21	0.5%
Asm. Eric Munoz	21	0.5%

See complete results below the fold. The numbers for 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, and 33 are estimates but should be accurate to within a couple hundred votes.