New Jersey appeared to be moving into battleground state territory as former President and current President-elect Donald Trump came closest to winning the state as the closest Republican candidate in decades.
Vice President Kamala Harris ultimately won New Jersey with 51.5% of the vote, or 2,096,873 votes, while Trump received 46.5% of the vote, or 1,893,210 votes. According to to new york times.
Although Trump still lost the state, he came closer to winning the state than he did in the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections. In the 2020 presidential election, President Joe Biden received Trump received 41.3% of the vote in New Jersey, compared to 57.1%.
When she ran against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, Clinton received Trump received 41.4% of the vote in New Jersey, compared to 55.5%.
politiko reported Trump narrowed the gap with his Democratic opponent by 5 points, marking the “closest presidential performance'' for a Republican candidate since former President George H.W. Bush. lost In the 1992 presidential election, the state lost by 2.4 percentage points.
Hudson County Republican Party Chairman Jose Arango told the publication that the county's Hispanic residents face “higher rents and higher prices.” The county, “situated just across the Hudson River from Manhattan,” is said to lean Democratic and has “41 percent Hispanic population.”
Arango criticized Democrats for talking about “helping the poor,” noting that Hudson County is working-class and “segregated” and has “no affordable housing.”
“Democrats talk about helping the poor, but when it comes to Hudson County, these segregated working-class and liberal enclaves are basically people who are supporting Wall Street in areas that can't pay their rent.” . There is no affordable housing,” Arango explained.
Hudson County remained Democratic; politiko He pointed out that in the 2020 election, he favored Trump by 26%, and this year his support has increased to “about 35%.”
In a January interview with Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlowe and Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle, President Trump said New Jersey was one of the states he wanted to “play tough.” said.
“The other thing I'm going to do, it might be a stupid thing, but I'm going to play hard for New York, I'm going to play hard for New Jersey, I'm going to play hard for Virginia. We're going to play hard for Virginia, we're going to play hard for Virginia, and it's going to be a tough fight for New Mexico and Minnesota, which we haven't won in years.'' Trump said at the time.
