New Jersey
In Brief
"In the late 1800's, most New Jersey governors were Democrats. Since 1900, the
office has been about equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. The
Republicans had a majority in the state Senate and General Assembly during most of
the early 1900's. But Democrats won increased support in state elections during the
late 1950's and early 1960's. Since then, control of the houses of the legislature has
passed between the Democrats and the Republicans several times. Since 1856, New
Jersey's electoral votes have been almost evenly split between Republican and
Democratic presidential candidates."
Resource: World Book 2008
Capital: Trenton
Area: 8,721 sq mi
Population: 8,724,560
Resource: World Almanac 2008
About 66 percent of New Jersey’s voting-age citizens cast a ballot in the 2004
general election, slightly above the national rate of 64 percent. As one of the 24
states holding “Super Tuesday” presidential primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5, New
Jersey’s 2007 population of 8.7 million has a higher median household income and
higher median home value than the nation as a whole, according to U.S. Census
Bureau statistics.
More information at: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html
Selected Characteristics
Median age
Women
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
Black alone
Hispanic or Latino
Median household income
Foreign born
Persons below poverty
Bachelor’s degree or higher (age 25+)
Median home value
New Jersey
38.2
51.1%
62.6%
14.5%
15.6%
$64,470
20.1%
8.7%
33.4%
$366,600
U.S.
36.4
50.7%
66.4%
12.8%
14.8%
$48,451
12.5%
13.3%
27.0%
$185,200
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Total Population Estimates (2007), State Population Estimates
by Characteristics (2006), American Community Survey (2006).
More Resources
Government Information
The official web site for the State New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/
Governor of New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/
New Jersey - Elected officials in U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=NJ
New Jersey - Elected officials in U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/house/MemStateSearch.shtml#ne
Elections 2008
Politics 1: New Jersey Directory
http://www.politics1.com/nj.htm
The Green Papers: New Jersey 2008 General elections General
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/NJ.phtml
New Jersey - Department of State – Division of Elections
http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/
Statistics
New Jersey - Quick facts from the US Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34000.html
Media
Local newspapers
http://www.newslink.org/njnews.html
Local radio stations
http://www.newslink.org/njradi.html
General Information
Infoplease New Jersey
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108246.html
50states.com - New Jersey
http://www.50states.com/newjerse.htm
Please find more information at
http://usa.usembassy.de/classroom/electionproject2008/index