2024 Passaic County Presidential Election

The 2024 Presidential Election in Passaic County New Jersey, emblematic of the collapse of Latino Margins for Kamala Harris said collapse brought this Biden+16.5% county to a Trump +3.4% win. a Republican Swing of 19.9%

Here, whilst Kamala lost ground throughout the county, including the more educated/rural northwest of the county, and Southeast an Clifton, the collapse amongst minority margins was what brought Trump the win in this county, with Paterson going from Biden+62% to Kamala+30% being the marquee result. 

Here, she also lost the Biden+26% Passaic City by 6%, with her collapse in Latino Margins alongside her doing much worse with the Jewish Orthodox vote in the city contributing to her 32% collapse. 

Likewise, her margins amongst Hispanics, Orthodox and also Muslim Americans ended up flipping Clifton from a Biden+19% win to a Trump+1.5% win. Here, though, her losing ground among educated Suburbanites in the southwest part of the municipality contributed to this loss. 

Overall, this was a complete collapse at the top of the ticket. Despite this, Democrats fared better downballot due to, in part, a significant amount of Undervote bennefiting Democratic candidates, allowing Passaic democrats to Stem losses in the 9th District, County Commission, Sherriff, and Generic Congressional Ballot in the County.