Democrats extend Voter Registration advantage to 14% over GOP

by: Jason Springer

Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 12:15:00 PM EDT

The State Division of Elections issued their Statewide Voter Registration Summary. Here's a visual look at the breakdown by county:

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We have over 5.2 million registered voters in the state and here's a breakdown. While Democrats have the advantage over Republicans, the largest amount of voters are not affiliated:

Democrats have a fourteen point voter registration edge over Republicans in New Jersey, 34%-20%, according to a summary released by the state Division of Elections last Thursday. But nearly half of New Jersey voters (46%) are not affiliated with a political party.
Since October 2008, Democratic voter registration has actually declined, by 15,430 voters, while the number of registered Republicans has increased by 6,794. The total number of registered voters in New Jersey has decreased by 142,328 over the last year.

I'll put all the numbers that created that image below the fold. If you know anyone who has yet to register, the deadline is fast approaching at October 13.

Jason Springer :: Democrats extend Voter Registration advantage to 14% over GOP

County	UNA	DEM	REP	Total
ATLANTIC	73,697	51,569	41,678	166,997
BERGEN	249,172	168,811	111,261	529,500
BURLINGTON	120,765	94,201	66,613	281,721
CAMDEN	146,590	139,528	43,219	329,515
CAPE MAY	26,192	14,065	27,297	67,590
CUMBERLAND	45,811	25,288	15,269	86,417
ESSEX	191,470	213,422	46,142	451,211
GLOUCESTER	82,202	70,717	35,617	188,643
HUDSON	118,861	163,620	25,128	307,804
HUNTERDON	34,760	17,492	33,591	85,909
MERCER	98,933	82,639	32,347	214,060
MIDDLESEX	217,358	171,837	57,685	447,100
MONMOUTH	213,520	103,955	95,606	413,273
MORRIS	132,380	70,113	111,508	314,177
OCEAN	188,548	78,079	103,708	370,495
PASSAIC	129,810	82,552	49,595	262,015
SALEM	21,152	13,698	9,135	44,005
SOMERSET	92,918	51,841	50,942	195,823
SUSSEX	42,047	16,321	37,421	95,880
UNION	124,563	122,409	44,805	291,873
WARREN	28,041	14,653	23,432	66,181
Summary Total :	2,378,790	1,766,810	1,061,999	5,210,189

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Democrats extend Voter Registration advantage to 14% over GOP | 4 comments

so unaffiliated tended to disappear from rolls (0.00 / 0)

by: Hopeful @ Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 16:55:10 PM UTC

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This Is Where We Need An Effective "ACORN"... (0.00 / 0)

...and/or the FUNCTIONAL equivalent thereof.

Let's face it, most poor people aren't registered and even when they are they don't vote.

I bet there are a million low income people in NJ who don't show up at the polls.

A vital Democratic party and a real progressive movement would make it their/our business to get that group empowered to vote.

I won't go into all the reasons why I think that the status quo exists, or what I believe the solutions can be.......but it couldn't hurt for y'all to ask yourselves those questions.

by: Nick Lento @ Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 17:08:52 PM UTC

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voter apathy (0.00 / 0)

i don't think people care about voting, except in the Presidential election.

I mean, look at Jersey City. A city with 240k residents, and what, only 30k or so voted during the Mayoral election? And it was noted that one Ward, heavily minority, had the lowest voter turn out during that election, but one of the highest turn outs during the Presidential election.

Funny thing, the Bush administration taught me to vote in every election.

More of an Old School Lefty if anything......

by: Chubby @ Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 22:18:52 PM UTC

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Why Folks Are Apathetic Roward Voting Is... (0.00 / 0)

...what we should be looking into.

The answers are complex; but we should look to see who gains, who makes more money and who gets more power as a result of people being apathetic and cynical to the point of withdrawing from the whole political process.

I put it to you that it's no accident that things are the way they are.

by: Nick Lento @ Thu Oct 08, 2009 at 00:41:31 AM UTC

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