GOP makes small gains in July voter registration

New Jersey gained 8,907 new registered voters during the month of July.

The state lost 1,494 Democrats in July and added 1,065 Republicans; 9,326 new affiliated voters were added to the voter rolls last month.

There are now 989,944 more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.

In the most closely-watched legislative districts, Republican registration ran ahead of Democrats in the 3rd, 4th, 11th, 14th, and 38th districts, albeit by insignificant numbers.  In the 16th district, there are 55 fewer Republicans and 17 fewer Democrats than there were one month ago.

Voter registration in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district – one of the most closely watched in the nation in 2024 – has moved just slightly in favor of the GOP.  Since the November 2022 election, the 7th has added 3,279 more Republicans and 3,043 more Democrats.

In total, New Jersey has 6,567,119 registered voters, up 62,368 since November 2022.

New Jersey has 80,447 voters who pro-actively registered with one of seven recognized non-major parties, down 267 from just before the primary.  Any voter registered with an independent party on primary day would have been ineligible to vote on June 6.  Two of the independent parties, Reform and Natural Law, have been defunct since 2004, but New Jersey has no statutory means to remove them from the rolls.

In 2001, the last time Republicans had a governor and majorities in both houses of the Legislature, 55% of New Jersey voters were not affiliated with either party.  In roughly 22 years, that number has dropped to 36%.

Democrats comprised 25.3% of the voters in 2001, while 19.5% were registered as Republicans.  Now Democrats are at 39% and Republicans at 24%.