Politics of New Jersey
Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 1,883,313 | 41.25% | 2,608,400 | 57.14% | 73,469 | 1.61% |
2016 | 1,601,933 | 41.00% | 2,148,278 | 54.99% | 156,512 | 4.01% |
2012 | 1,478,749 | 40.50% | 2,126,610 | 58.25% | 45,781 | 1.25% |
2008 | 1,613,207 | 41.61% | 2,215,422 | 57.14% | 48,778 | 1.26% |
2004 | 1,670,003 | 46.23% | 1,911,430 | 52.92% | 30,704 | 0.85% |
2000 | 1,284,173 | 40.29% | 1,788,850 | 56.13% | 114,203 | 3.58% |
1996 | 1,103,078 | 35.86% | 1,652,329 | 53.72% | 320,400 | 10.42% |
1992 | 1,356,865 | 40.58% | 1,436,206 | 42.95% | 550,523 | 16.47% |
1988 | 1,743,192 | 56.24% | 1,320,352 | 42.60% | 36,009 | 1.16% |
1984 | 1,933,630 | 60.09% | 1,261,323 | 39.20% | 22,909 | 0.71% |
1980 | 1,546,557 | 51.97% | 1,147,364 | 38.56% | 281,763 | 9.47% |
1976 | 1,509,688 | 50.08% | 1,444,653 | 47.92% | 60,131 | 1.99% |
1972 | 1,845,502 | 61.57% | 1,102,211 | 36.77% | 49,516 | 1.65% |
1968 | 1,325,467 | 46.10% | 1,264,206 | 43.97% | 285,722 | 9.94% |
1964 | 963,843 | 33.86% | 1,867,671 | 65.61% | 15,256 | 0.54% |
1960 | 1,363,324 | 49.16% | 1,385,415 | 49.96% | 24,372 | 0.88% |
1956 | 1,606,942 | 64.68% | 850,337 | 34.23% | 27,033 | 1.09% |
1952 | 1,374,613 | 56.81% | 1,015,902 | 41.99% | 29,039 | 1.20% |
1948 | 981,124 | 50.33% | 895,455 | 45.93% | 72,976 | 3.74% |
1944 | 961,335 | 48.95% | 987,874 | 50.31% | 14,552 | 0.74% |
1940 | 945,475 | 47.93% | 1,016,808 | 51.55% | 10,269 | 0.52% |
1936 | 720,322 | 39.57% | 1,083,850 | 59.54% | 16,265 | 0.89% |
1932 | 775,684 | 47.59% | 806,630 | 49.48% | 47,749 | 2.93% |
1928 | 926,050 | 59.77% | 616,517 | 39.79% | 6,814 | 0.44% |
1924 | 675,162 | 62.17% | 297,743 | 27.41% | 113,174 | 10.42% |
1920 | 611,541 | 67.65% | 256,887 | 28.42% | 35,515 | 3.93% |
1916 | 268,982 | 54.40% | 211,018 | 42.68% | 14,442 | 2.92% |
1912 | 88,835 | 20.53% | 178,289 | 41.20% | 165,615 | 38.27% |
1908 | 265,326 | 56.79% | 182,567 | 39.08% | 19,305 | 4.13% |
1904 | 245,164 | 56.68% | 164,566 | 38.05% | 22,817 | 5.28% |
1900 | 221,754 | 55.27% | 164,879 | 41.10% | 14,573 | 3.63% |
1896 | 221,535 | 59.68% | 133,695 | 36.02% | 15,981 | 4.31% |
1892 | 156,101 | 46.24% | 171,066 | 50.67% | 10,456 | 3.10% |
1888 | 144,360 | 47.52% | 151,508 | 49.87% | 7,933 | 2.61% |
1884 | 123,440 | 47.31% | 127,798 | 48.98% | 9,683 | 3.71% |
1880 | 120,555 | 49.02% | 122,565 | 49.84% | 2,808 | 1.14% |
1876 | 103,517 | 47.01% | 115,962 | 52.66% | 714 | 0.32% |
1872 | 91,656 | 54.52% | 76,456 | 45.48% | 0 | 0.00% |
1868 | 80,131 | 49.12% | 83,001 | 50.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
1864 | 60,723 | 47.16% | 68,024 | 52.84% | 0 | 0.00% |
1860 | 58,346 | 48.13% | 62,869 | 51.87% | 0 | 0.00% |
1856 | 28,338 | 28.51% | 46,943 | 47.23% | 24,115 | 24.26% |
1852 | 38,556 | 46.33% | 44,305 | 53.24% | 359 | 0.43% |
1848 | 40,015 | 51.48% | 36,901 | 47.47% | 819 | 1.05% |
1844 | 38,318 | 50.46% | 37,495 | 49.37% | 131 | 0.17% |
1840 | 33,351 | 51.74% | 31,034 | 48.15% | 69 | 0.11% |
1836 | 26,137 | 50.53% | 25,592 | 49.47% | 0 | 0.00% |
History
American Revolution
In 1776, the first constitution of New Jersey was drafted. Written during the American Revolution, it created a basic framework for state government and allowed "all inhabitants of this Colony, of full age, who are worth fifty pounds proclamation money"[2] to vote (including blacks, spinsters, and widows); married women could not own property under common law. The constitution declared itself temporary and void if there was reconciliation with Great Britain.[3][4] Both parties in elections mocked the other party for relying on "petticoat electors", and accused each other of allowing unqualified women to vote. The state voted for Washington in 1789 and 1792, as well as Adams in 1796.
Nineteenth century
The second version of the constitution was adopted on June 29, 1844, and restricted suffrage to white males. Important components of the second state constitution included the separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The new constitution also provided a bill of rights, and granted voters (instead of the legislature) the right to elect the governor. Throughout the century, the state voted for the Federalist Party twice, the Democratic-Republican Party five times, the National Republican Party once, the Whig Party four times, the Democratic Party ten times, and the Republican Party three times.
Twentieth century
From 1894 to 1973, Republicans usually controlled both houses of the state legislature (with the exceptions of 1907, 1911, 1913–1914, 1932, 1937, 1958–1963, 1966–1967). From 1900 to 1944, New Jersey voted for Democrats five times, and voted for Republicans seven times. After
Since
Twenty-first century
Since 2002, the New Jersey Legislature has been overwhelmingly Democratic; in April 2020, there were over 994,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.[5] Democrats tend to do well in areas near New York City, Philadelphia, and Trenton, and cities such as Jersey City, Newark, Camden, Elizabeth, Trenton, and Paterson are overwhelmingly Democratic. These cities influence their respective counties (namely Hudson, Essex, Camden, Union, Mercer, and Passaic) to vote Democratic. Predominantly suburban and rural counties, especially those along the Jersey Shore and in northwestern New Jersey, tend to vote Republican; these include counties such as Ocean, Warren, Cape May and Hunterdon. Other counties, such as Atlantic, Morris, and Cumberland, are considered "swing" counties; they tend to vote closely within the margins of each party, swaying in one direction or the other with each election.
Statistics
The 2016 presidential election in New Jersey was won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 12 counties, while Republican Donald Trump won nine counties; overall, Clinton carried the state with a vote percentage of 55.45 to 41.35 percent. Trump won two counties (Gloucester and Salem) which had voted Democratic in 2012. Every county voted identically in 2016 and the 2017 gubernatorial election with the exception of Gloucester, which flipped back to Democratic. In the 2018 Senate election, Atlantic and Gloucester Counties flipped Republican. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden flipped Atlantic, Gloucester, and Morris counties from the 2018 elections.
County | 2016 Presidential | 2017 Gubernatorial | 2018 Senate | 2020 Presidential | 2020 Senate | 2021 Gubernatorial |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic | Clinton | Murphy | Hugin | Biden | Booker | Ciattarelli |
Bergen | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Burlington | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Camden | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Cape May | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Cumberland | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Ciattarelli |
Essex | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Gloucester | Trump | Murphy | Hugin | Biden | Booker | Ciattarelli |
Hudson | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Hunterdon | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Mercer | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Middlesex | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Monmouth | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Morris | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Biden | Booker | Ciattarelli |
Ocean | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Passaic | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Salem | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Somerset | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Sussex | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Union | Clinton | Murphy | Menendez | Biden | Booker | Murphy |
Warren | Trump | Guadagno | Hugin | Trump | Mehta | Ciattarelli |
Recent registration statistics
Nine counties (Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic, and Union) have a plurality of Democratic registrants, and five (Cape May, Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, and Warren) have a plurality of Republican registrants; the remaining seven have a majority of unaffiliated voters. Of those with an unaffiliated majority, four counties have more Democrats than Republicans (Atlantic, Bergen, Cumberland and Somerset) and four counties (Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and Salem) have more Republicans than Democrats.
Two counties (Essex and Hudson) have an absolute majority of their registrants in one party (Democratic). The highest percentage of unaffiliated voters is in Cumberland at 39.4 percent. The highest percentage of Democrats is in Hudson at 54.4 percent, the highest percentage of Republicans is in Cape May at 43 percent, and the highest percentage registered in other parties is in Cumberland at 1.9 percent. The lowest percentage of unaffiliated is in Cape May at 31.1 percent, Democrats is in Ocean at 21.7 percent, Republicans is in Essex at 10.3 percent, and other parties is a tie between Essex and Hunterdon at 0.9 percent each. The county with the closest Democratic-Republican percentages spread is Salem at 0.3 percent. The county with the largest Democratic-Republican percentage spread is Hudson at 43.4 percent. Bergen County has the largest number of registered voters at 677,213, and Salem County has the least at 49,063.
County[a] | Unaffiliated | Una % | Democratic | Dem % | Republican | Rep % | Other[b] | O % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic | 71,806 | 35.58% | 69,292 | 34.33% | 57,856 | 28.67% | 2,861 | 1.42% | 201,815 |
Bergen | 261,314 | 38.75% | 253,382 | 37.57% | 152,932 | 22.68% | 6,709 | 0.99% | 674,337 |
Burlington | 123,701 | 34.21% | 139,877 | 38.68% | 93,709 | 25.91% | 4,329 | 1.20% | 361,616 |
Camden | 134,992 | 34.90% | 181,109 | 46.82% | 65,356 | 16.89% | 5,358 | 1.39% | 386,815 |
Cape May | 23,514 | 31.22% | 18,231 | 24.21% | 32,643 | 43.35% | 917 | 1.22% | 75,305 |
Cumberland | 38,273 | 39.90% | 32,047 | 33.41% | 23,774 | 24.78% | 1,834 | 1.91% | 95,928 |
Essex | 213,331 | 37.06% | 296,440 | 51.49% | 60,510 | 10.51% | 5,406 | 0.94% | 575,687 |
Gloucester | 75,931 | 33.84% | 84,420 | 37.62% | 61,080 | 27.22% | 2,938 | 1.31% | 224,369 |
Hudson | 137,002 | 33.65% | 218,491 | 53.66% | 45,978 | 11.29% | 5,714 | 1.40% | 407,185 |
Hunterdon | 32,638 | 30.71% | 30,158 | 28.38% | 42,491 | 39.98% | 984 | 0.92% | 106,271 |
Mercer | 99,602 | 37.99% | 117,792 | 44.93% | 41,112 | 15.68% | 3,651 | 1.39% | 262,157 |
Middlesex | 228,223 | 39.51% | 241,109 | 41.74% | 101,057 | 17.50% | 7,160 | 1.24% | 577,549 |
Monmouth | 196,664 | 39.59% | 139,868 | 28.16% | 154,458 | 31.09% | 5,742 | 1.16% | 496,732 |
Morris | 132,966 | 34.27% | 116,612 | 30.06% | 134,500 | 34.67% | 3,865 | 1.00% | 387,943 |
Ocean | 181,157 | 38.56% | 98,102 | 20.88% | 184,611 | 39.30% | 5,934 | 1.26% | 469,804 |
Passaic | 126,169 | 38.27% | 127,392 | 38.64% | 71,495 | 21.69% | 4,633 | 1.40% | 329,689 |
Salem | 18,335 | 37.55% | 14,469 | 29.63% | 15,210 | 31.15% | 815 | 1.67% | 48,829 |
Somerset | 98,679 | 38.58% | 90,394 | 35.34% | 64,028 | 25.03% | 2,686 | 1.05% | 255,787 |
Sussex | 40,451 | 34.17% | 26,335 | 22.24% | 49,785 | 42.06% | 1,713 | 1.45% | 118,374 |
Union | 137,638 | 36.05% | 177,877 | 46.58% | 61,834 | 16.19% | 4,487 | 1.17% | 381,836 |
Warren | 26,810 | 30.92% | 23,121 | 26.67% | 35,309 | 40.72% | 1,464 | 1.69% | 86,704 |
Total | 2,399,196 | 36.77% | 2,496,518 | 38.26% | 1,549,728 | 23.75% | 79,290 | 1.21% | 6,524,732 |
Eight districts- the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th- have a majority of Democratic registrants, and zero have a majority of Republican registrants; the remaining four have a majority of unaffiliated voters. Of those with an unaffiliated majority, three districts have more Republicans than Democrats- 2nd, 4th, and 7th- and one district- the 5th- has more Democrats than Republicans.
Districts 8 and 10 have an absolute majority of their registrants in one party (Democratic). The highest percentage of unaffiliated voters is in District 4 at 38.9 percent. The highest percentage of Democrats is in District 10 at 55.5 percent; the highest percentage of Republicans is in District 4 at 36.8 percent, and the highest percentage registered in other parties is a tie between District 2, District 6, District 8, and District 9 at 1.4 percent each. The lowest percentage of unaffiliated is in District 8 at 34.1 percent, Democrats is in District 4 at 22.9 percent, Republicans is in District 10 at 8.1 percent, and other parties is in District 11 at 0.8 percent each. The district with the largest Democratic-Republican percentage spread is District 10 at 47.4 percent. The district with the smallest Democratic-Republican percentage spread is District 2 at 0.9 percent. District 7 has the largest number of registered voters at 619,375 and District 8 has the least at 403,953.
District[a] | Unaffiliated | Una % | Democratic | Dem % | Republican | Rep % | Other[b] | O % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 196,193 | 34.53% | 253,107 | 44.55% | 111,007 | 19.54% | 7,823 | 1.38% | 568,130 |
2[c] | 208,763 | 36.11% | 174,648 | 30.20% | 186,273 | 32.22% | 8,491 | 1.47% | 578,175 |
3 | 220,010 | 36.60% | 216,238 | 35.97% | 157,827 | 26.26% | 7,039 | 1.17% | 601,114 |
4 | 223,803 | 38.94% | 128,726 | 22.39% | 215,462 | 37.49% | 6,795 | 1.18% | 574,786 |
5 | 218,250 | 37.62% | 204,031 | 35.17% | 152,008 | 26.21% | 5,766 | 0.99% | 580,055 |
6 | 198,452 | 39.13% | 206,518 | 40.72% | 95,360 | 18.80% | 6,848 | 1.35% | 507,178 |
7 | 214,937 | 34.69% | 190,477 | 30.74% | 207,425 | 33.48% | 6,730 | 1.09% | 619,569 |
8 | 141,961 | 34.87% | 214,535 | 52.70% | 44,979 | 11.05% | 5,606 | 1.38% | 407,081 |
9 | 182,689 | 39.17% | 188,509 | 40.41% | 88,625 | 19.00% | 6,580 | 1.41% | 466,403 |
10 | 177,773 | 35.71% | 272,343 | 54.71% | 41,649 | 8.37% | 6,036 | 1.21% | 497,801 |
11 | 212,633 | 35.61% | 220,835 | 36.99% | 158,479 | 26.54% | 5,104 | 0.85% | 597,051 |
12 | 203,732 | 38.63% | 226,551 | 42.96% | 90,634 | 17.18% | 6,472 | 1.23% | 527,389 |
Total | 2,399,196 | 36.77% | 2,496,518 | 38.26% | 1,549,728 | 23.75% | 79,290 | 1.21% | 6,524,732 |
- ^ Districts are colored by current political representation, not by the highest percentage of voters in each party.
- ^ Consists of the Conservative Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Natural Law Party, Reform Party, Socialist Party and the U.S. Constitution Party.
- ^ Jeff Van Drew was elected as a Democrat in 2018, but switched parties on January 7, 2020 over Donald Trump's impeachment.
1992–present monthly registration statistics
Month | Unaffiliated | Una % | Democratic | Dem % | Republican | Rep % | Other[a] | O % | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov. 1992 | 2,060,989 | 50.76% | 1,175,141 | 28.94% | 817,837 | 20.14% | 6,470 | 0.16% | 4,060,337 |
Nov. 1998 | 2,513,962 | 55.38% | 1,141,593 | 25.15% | 872,349 | 19.22% | 11,040 | 0.24% | 4,538,944 |
Nov. 2000 | 2,641,861 | 56.08% | 1,179,577 | 25.04% | 876,386 | 18.60% | 12,944 | 0.27% | 4,710,768 |
Nov. 2005 | 2,760,558 | 57.12% | 1,157,177 | 23.94% | 893,854 | 18.49% | 21,236 | 0.44% | 4,832,825 |
Nov. 2010 | 2,441,291 | 46.29% | 1,755,501 | 33.28% | 1,074,364 | 20.37% | 2,937 | 0.06% | 5,274,093 |
Nov. 2015 | 2,605,919 | 48.11% | 1,747,551 | 32.26% | 1,058,277 | 19.54% | 4,816 | 0.09% | 5,416,563 |
Nov. 2016 | 2,518,824 | 43.23% | 2,076,528 | 35.64% | 1,213,075 | 20.82% | 17,690 | 0.30% | 5,826,116 |
Nov. 2017 | 2,362,630 | 41.02% | 2,122,472 | 36.85% | 1,241,674 | 21.56% | 32,519 | 0.56% | 5,759,295 |
Nov. 2018 | 2,394,968 | 40.30% | 2,216,958 | 37.30% | 1,285,034 | 21.62% | 45,720 | 0.77% | 5,942,680 |
Nov. 2019 | 2,386,164 | 39.06% | 2,315,853 | 37.91% | 1,334,550 | 21.84% | 72,682 | 1.19% | 6,109,249 |
Nov. 2020 | 2,440,416 | 37.54% | 2,529,575 | 38.91% | 1,450,137 | 22.31% | 79,707 | 1.22% | 6,499,835 |
Nov. 2021 | 2,416,345 | 36.70% | 2,577,146 | 39.14% | 1,508,212 | 22.91% | 81,835 | 1.24% | 6,583,538 |
Nov. 2022 | 2,372,156 | 36.42% | 2,532,844 | 38.88% | 1,528,001 | 23.45% | 81,060 | 1.24% | 6,514,061 |
Jan. 2023 | 2,379,791 | 36.47% | 2,534,905 | 38.84% | 1,530,185 | 23.45% | 81,126 | 1.24% | 6,526,007 |
Apr. 2023 | 2,383,203 | 36.49% | 2,533,035 | 38.78% | 1,534,241 | 23.49% | 80,826 | 1.24% | 6,531,305 |
Jul. 2023 | 2,375,234 | 36.21% | 2,547,517 | 38.84% | 1,555,014 | 23.71% | 80,447 | 1.23% | 6,558,212 |
Nov. 2023 | 2,367,992 | 36.47% | 2,504,294 | 38.57% | 1,541,158 | 23.74% | 79,090 | 1.22% | 6,492,534 |
Dec. 2023 | 2,375,358 | 36.54% | 2,503,172 | 38.50% | 1,542,994 | 23.74% | 79,132 | 1.22% | 6,500,656 |
Jan. 2024 | 2,385,821 | 36.64% | 2,500,412 | 38.40% | 1,545,797 | 23.74% | 79,139 | 1.21% | 6,511,169 |
Feb. 2024 | 2,399,196 | 36.77% | 2,496,518 | 38.26% | 1,549,728 | 23.75% | 79,290 | 1.21% | 6,524,732 |
Mar. 2024 | 2,407,928 | 36.86% | 2,492,866 | 38.16% | 1,552,051 | 23.76% | 79,270 | 1.21% | 6,532,115 |
Apr. 2024 | 2,411,762 | 36.88% | 2,492,598 | 38.12% | 1,555,823 | 23.79% | 79,206 | 1.21% | 6,539,389 |
- ^ Consists of the Conservative Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Natural Law Party, Reform Party, Socialist Party and the U.S. Constitution Party.
Federal representation
Following each decennial census, the
- New Jersey's 1st congressional district represented by Donald Norcross (D)
- New Jersey's 2nd congressional district represented by Jeff Van Drew (R)
- New Jersey's 3rd congressional district represented by Andy Kim (D)
- New Jersey's 4th congressional district represented by Chris Smith (R)
- New Jersey's 5th congressional district represented by Josh Gottheimer (D)
- New Jersey's 6th congressional district represented by Frank Pallone (D)
- Tom Kean Jr.(R)
- New Jersey's 8th congressional district represented by Rob Menendez (D)
- New Jersey's 9th congressional district represented by Bill Pascrell (D)
- New Jersey's 10th congressional district represented by Donald Payne Jr. (D)
- New Jersey's 11th congressional district represented by Mikie Sherrill (D)
- New Jersey's 12th congressional district represented by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
New Jersey's two United States Senators are Democrats Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, serving since 2006 and 2013, respectively.
New Jersey is part of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the Philadelphia-based United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Issues
The most contentious recent issue in New Jersey has been the conflict between the state government and public-sector unions. The unions, allied with the Democratic Party, believed that their workers were entitled to pensions and healthcare which had been promised to them in the past. Moderate Democrats and Republicans believed that the state could no longer afford to pay for benefits it had promised public workers in the past.[11]
Property taxes are also an issue, since the state has the nation's highest property tax.[12] New Jersey is a densely-populated, high-income, high-cost-of-living state, with more money needed for infrastructure and transportation, and it does not allow counties and municipalities to impose local income or sales taxes. Property taxes fund local government, schools and county expenses, making lowering it difficult.[13]
In 2010, New Jersey legalized
On October 21, 2019, weeks after California passed a
On February 4, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed a $15-minimum-wage bill into law. The law will increase the minimum wage by $1 every January 1 until it reaches $15 in 2024. When it was enacted, the state's minimum wage was $8.85. The first increase was on July 1, 2019 (to $10), and it will become $12 on January 1, 2021. The bill raises tipped-worker wages from $2.13 to $5.13 per hour; if a worker does not earn the minimum wage through tips, the employer must make up the difference. Farm-workers will only be raised to $12.50 an hour in 2024, then possibly raise it to $15 by 2027.[19]
LGBT rights
In April 2004, New Jersey enacted a domestic-partnership law which is available to same- and opposite-sex couples aged 62 and over. In 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered the state to provide the rights and benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples. The following year, New Jersey became the third state in the U.S. (after Connecticut and Vermont) to offer civil unions to same-sex couples. In 2013, the state supreme court ruled that New Jersey must allow same-sex couples to marry. A 2010 last-minute attempt to legalize same-sex marriage under outgoing Democratic governor failed because of objections by Senate President Steve Sweeney (also a Democrat). From 2010 to 2013, Governor Christie vetoed attempts by the state legislature to legalize same-sex marriage. Since the 2013 New Jersey Supreme Court ruling, three government-recognized relationships have been in effect in the state: domestic partnerships, civil unions, and marriage.
Gun control
New Jersey has some of the country's strictest gun control laws in the nation..
See also
- Government of New Jersey
- Political party strength in New Jersey
- Elections in New Jersey
- Law of New Jersey
Notes
References
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- ^ "Which homeowners around the U.S. pay the highest property taxes?". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
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