Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic64.7%694TrumpRepublican33.6%360OtherAll other candidates1.8%19
D+31.1
Lead
334
Total
1,073
vs nation
D+32.6
BidenDemocratic66.8%765TrumpRepublican32.7%374OtherAll other candidates0.5%6
D+34.1
Lead
391
Total
1,145
vs nation
D+29.7
ClintonDemocratic65.5%580TrumpRepublican31.6%280OtherAll other candidates2.8%25
D+33.9
Lead
300
Total
885
vs nation
D+31.8
ObamaDemocratic68.0%542RomneyRepublican31.0%247OtherAll other candidates1.0%8
D+37.0
Lead
295
Total
797
vs nation
D+33.2
ObamaDemocratic62.4%520McCainRepublican36.8%307OtherAll other candidates0.8%7
D+25.5
Lead
213
Total
834
vs nation
D+18.3
KerryDemocratic57.3%439BushRepublican41.8%320OtherAll other candidates0.9%7
D+15.5
Lead
119
Total
766
vs nation
D+18.0
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+31.1MIT Election Lab
Population
2,7742024 5-year
Population density
9,247 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
0.3 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$182,7302024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
11.6%2024 5-year
Black
50.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
20.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+37.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
52.8%1,088 participants ÷ 2,061 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+31.6 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
-1.2 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
21.2%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%
29.7%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,088
2,061 ± 591
52.8%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
656
2,212 ± 531
29.7%
Audited
E/D
1,174
1,918 ± 483
61.2%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Union, NJ · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
68.0%
542 votes · D+37.0
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66.8%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
41.8%
320 votes · D+15.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 36.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
765votes
66.8% of the vote · D+34.1
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 694 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
374votes
32.7% of the vote · D+34.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 360 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+33.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+37.0 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +32.6 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−18.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+15.5 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −18.3 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Union · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Union County, New Jersey, the county containing Union — Union’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Union, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Union sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.1 points.
A population of 2,774, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $182,730 describe the city.
In 2024, Union, New Jersey voted Democratic by 31.1 points (D+31.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,073 votes cast, 694 went Democratic and 360 went Republican.
How many people live in Union, New Jersey?
Union, New Jersey has a population of 2,774 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Union, New Jersey?
Median household income in Union, New Jersey is $182,730 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Union, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Union, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
