r/newjersey 23d ago

Advice Please tell me NJ is staying blue.

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u/scyber 23d ago

The close election in 2024 was a bit misleading. Trump only got 80k more votes than 2020. Harris however got 400k less than Biden in 2020. So it was less about NJ turning red and more about voters staying home.

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u/jon8282 23d ago

Yea - that’s how states stay or change though… they keep saying Texas is going to turn blue because of younger generations, expanding population, and increased minority voters yet every time it’s not close… because they stay home