Winning statewide isn’t getting any easier for Republicans, Save Jerseyans.
According to the latest voter registration data released by the state’s Division of Election, Democrats now outnumber registered Republicans by a whopping 1,089,740 voters. Democrats also now claim a smaller but still numerical significant 122,894 voter advantage over unaffiliated voters.
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For a point of comparison, Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans by *only* 704,678 voters on Election Day 2009 when Chris Christie defeated Jon Corzine.
The point is an obvious one: any Republican running statewide is starting at a massive disadvantage.
More dramatic perhaps is the fact that unaffiliateds ran ahead of Democrats by 627,739 twelve years ago. The massive swing (750,633 in a little more than a decade) is the ultimate proof of the Garden State’s status as not just a bluer state but also a more partisan one.
It remains to be seen whether the pendulum has swung far enough in the Democrats’ favor to change history. While the state hasn’t elected a Republican U.S. Senator since before Watergate, New Jerseyans also haven’t reelected a Democrat governor in 44 years.
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