Kamala D. Harris won Essex County with 58.9% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 401,851 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 20.2 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Essex County that is loaded, the margin moved 8.6 points toward Republicans.
Essex County leans Democratic by 23.0 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Essex County voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 5 of 7 presidential elections from 2000 to 2024. On average its margin sat 19.8 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 401,851 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 69.3% of the 580,175 citizens aged 18 and over in Essex County.
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