1964 33.86% 963,843 65.61% 1,867,671 1960 49.16% 1,363,324 49.96% 1,385,415 In past federal elections, New Jersey was a Republican bastion, but recently has become a Democratic stronghold. Currently, New Jersey Democrats have majority control of both houses of the New Jersey Legislature (Senate, 22–18, and Assembly, 48–32), both U.S. Senate seats,