Ocean County, New Jersey
Politics

Ocean County, New Jersey

Section Title: Politics
Table Section Text: None

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties

2016	64.7% 179,079	31.5% 87,150	3.8% 10,496

2012	58.2% 146,475	40.6% 102,300	1.2% 3,079

2008	58.4% 160,677	40.1% 110,189	1.5% 4,111

2004	60.1% 154,204	38.9% 99,839	1.0% 2,424

2000	48.8% 105,684	47.2% 102,104	4.0% 8,605

1996	40.8% 82,830	46.4% 94,243	12.8% 25,903

1992	44.4% 95,984	34.9% 75,431	20.7% 44,828

1988	65.4% 124,587	33.8% 64,474	0.8% 1,497

1984	70.2% 124,391	28.8% 51,012	1.0% 1,710

1980	62.5% 98,433	29.8% 46,923	7.8% 12,212

1976	56.9% 77,875	41.2% 56,413	1.8% 2,493

1972	72.4% 77,979	25.7% 27,710	1.8% 1,978

1968	53.9% 41,995	34.5% 26,909	11.6% 9,059

1964	40.8% 25,985	57.9% 36,892	1.3% 837

1960	60.6% 31,430	38.8% 20,113	0.7% 355

1956	74.8% 28,033	25.0% 9,367	0.2% 79

1952	72.8% 23,490	26.8% 8,660	0.4% 117

1948	70.4% 16,740	26.8% 6,366	2.8% 661

1944	63.3% 13,317	36.5% 7,683	0.2% 32

1940	60.4% 13,394	39.5% 8,762	0.1% 26

1936	52.8% 11,293	46.3% 9,889	0.9% 190

1932	57.0% 10,513	40.7% 7,508	2.4% 439

1928	73.2% 12,301	26.5% 4,452	0.3% 54

1924	71.0% 8,677	21.2% 2,594	7.8% 951

1920	74.8% 6,840	23.4% 2,138	1.8% 161

1916	61.3% 3,386	37.6% 2,076	1.2% 65

1912	18.6% 919	37.6% 1,858	43.8% 2,163

1908	65.2% 3,326	32.0% 1,634	2.8% 145

1904	65.9% 3,666	30.7% 1,709	3.3% 185

1900	65.8% 3,182	29.2% 1,413	5.0% 240

County CPVI: R+15

Sentence(s)

In the 2008 election, the Republicans received 58.4% of the vote (160,677), ahead of the Democrats with 40.1% (110,189 votes).

final_sentence: In the 2008 election, the Republicans received 58.4% of the vote (160,677), ahead of the Democrats with 40.1% (110,189 votes).