Kamala D. Harris won Essex County with 71.7% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 313,283 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 44.9 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Essex County that is loaded, the margin moved 10.5 points toward Republicans.
Essex County leans Democratic by 48.2 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 49.2 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 313,283 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 57.6% of the 543,880 citizens aged 18 and over in Essex County.
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