New Jersey

House Districts: 13
Voting Age Population
  2002:    6,433,000
  2000:    6,245,000
  1998:    6,075,000
1990:    5,930,726
Redistricting, 2001-2002
Commission

Presidential Vote
2000:   Gore 56, Bush 40, Nader 3
1996:   Clinton 54, Dole 36, Perot 9
1992:   Clinton 43, Bush 41, Perot 16
U.S. House: 7 Dem, 6 GOP
Seat Changes '02: 0
Facts in Focus:
New Jersey 1982 to 2002

How New Jersey Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 39^th Margin of Victory: 30^th Landslide Index: 35^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 4^th Representation Index: 39^th Voter Participation: 41^st
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
29.4

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Voter Turnout
31.2%

Representation Index
21.4%

Wasted Votes
31.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
23.6 / 35.7

Drop-Off Voters
5.0%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
38.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
47-51-2

Seats for (R�D�O%)
46-54-0

Seat Changes
0

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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25.7

27.4

22.6

Voter Turnout
50%

34%

47%

30%

47.8%

Representation Index
31.1%

22.3%

29.9%

19.0%

31%

Wasted Votes
38%

34%

36%

36%

35%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
34 / 37

18 / 50

25 / 45

34 / 35

30.5 / 35.9

Drop-Off Voters
10.5%

2.4%

8.2%

NA

6.3%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
28%

35%

32%

33%

35.4%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
50�45�5

54�44�2

50�48�3

47�50�3

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Seats for (R�D�O%)
46�54�0

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54�46�0

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46�54�0

Seat Changes
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2

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1

0

High % Turnout, District
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42 (5)

59 (12)

40 (12)

62.3 (12)

Low % Turnout, District
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21 (13)

34 (10)

19 (13)

32.8 (13)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
6-7

Landslide Index
92.3%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
0

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
1

Landslide: 20-40
7

No Contest: 40+
5

Uncontested
1

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
12 / 13

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
12 / 12

Landslide / Total Incumbent
11 / 12

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
5 / 5

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
6 / 7

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
9

Uncontested Primary
9

Elected Women
0

Elected Minorities
1B 1L

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R�D)	6�7	8�5	7�6	6�7	6�7
Landslide Index	69%	92%	69%	77%	76.9%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	1	2	1	1
Competitive: 5-10	1	0	0	1	1
Comfortable: 10-20	2	0	2	1	1
Landslide: 20-40	6	7	5	7	7
No Contest: 40+	3	5	4	3	3
Uncontested	0	0	0	0	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	10 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13	13 / 13	12 / 13
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	10 / 10	10 / 11	10 / 11	12 / 13	12 / 12
Landslide / Total Incumbent	8 / 10	10 / 11	9 / 11	10 / 13	9 / 12
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	5 / 5	5 / 5	5 / 6	5 / 7	4 / 6
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	3 / 5	5 / 6	4 / 5	5 / 6	5 / 6
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	5	8	9	8	10
Uncontested Primary	5	8	8	10	10
Elected Women	1	1	1	1	1
Elected Minorities	1B 1L	1B 1L	1B 1L	1B 1L	1B 1L

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R�D)	5�9	6�8	6�8	6�8	6�8
Landslide Index	79%	79%	93%	93%	64%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	0	0	0	1	2
Competitive: 5-10	2	1	0	0	1
Comfortable: 10-20	1	2	1	0	2
Landslide: 20-40	7	7	7	6	4
No Contest: 40+	4	4	6	6	5
Uncontested	0	0	0	1	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	14 / 14	13 / 14	14 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	13 / 14	12 / 13	14 / 14	12 / 12	12 / 12
Landslide / Total Incumbent	11 / 14	10 / 13	13 / 14	12 / 12	8 / 12
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	3 / 6	4 / 4	6 / 6	6 / 6	4 / 5
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	8 / 8	6 / 9	7 / 8	6 / 6	4 / 7
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	6	8	11	12	8
Uncontested Primary	13	6	5	11	6
Elected Women	1	1	1	1	1
Elected Minorities	0	0	0	1B	1B

Facts in Focus for New Jersey 1982 to 2002
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