New Jersey Gubenatorial Election Map (Newark, Paterson: 2009, home, property taxes)

[Steve_TN]

You did it right Jersey!!!!!! Congrats and thank you! (I'm originally from Clifton, NJ).

[Obrero]

In Morris County Corzine only won two towns. Dover - (no shock there) but also Morristown which I did find surprising.

[subwayfan]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

It's good to see the counties growing in population also happend to be the red ones. Even my Burlington is pink Yiiiii-HAwwww. God Bless Dixie!

I think a lot of (suburban) people were fed up with the high taxes in NJ.

In the middle to upper income metro Phila. area,

Corzine did manage to hold Cherry Hill (Camden co.) and Voorhees(Camden co.) and Maple Shade(Burlington co.).

Perhaps towns with good public transportation have residents that don't mind the high state subsidies via taxes that support it will stick to Democrat, or be split half (swing vote), where towns like Mt.Laurel and Evesham that don't enjoy the access and are a little further from the urban areas tend to not want to be subsiders.

Towns like Willingboro and Burlington, that are predominately African American, overwhelmingly voted Democrat (Corzine).

[subwayfan]

Originally Posted by mike0421

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Evidently Christie won counties normally won by Democrats, such as Gloucester and Middlesex.

However, Corzine still won Cumberland County. There must be something in the drinking water in that county. Those of you who have visited there know what I mean.

But still:

Newark
Christie: 3,269; Corzine: 35,669; Daggett: 542
Irvington
Christie: 456; Corzine: 9,058; Daggett: 90
Camden
Christie: 878; Corzine: 5,029; Daggett: 124
Trenton
Christie: 1,378; Corzine: 8,730; Daggett: 283



In Livingston:
Livingston
Christie: 4,827; Corzine: 4,351; Daggett: 570 (Christie won Livingston?? Holy $h&t!)

A number of Gloucester Co. residents probably had a lower tolerance level to overall high taxes, than the residents in Cherry Hill. A Gloucester Co. resident figures the resident in Delaware or PA (not too far away) pays so much less in taxes and gets a better bang for the buck. A lot of residents are quite opposed to a proposed light rail into the county.

But it was more or less a swing vote county, unlike Ocean County which is Republican.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

It's good to see the counties growing in population also happend to be the red ones. Even my Burlington is pink Yiiiii-HAwwww. God Bless Dixie!

Burlington has been trending blue for a decade. Christie should've won by a lot more than he did.

I don't understand the jubilation. Like Christie winning is some big statement. He got less than 50% of the vote. Meaning 51% of the people who voted didn't want him to be governor.

I also wouldn't put too much into the party part of it. New Jersey republicans are a different animal from national republicans (let me rephrase that - people in NJ who sometimes vote for republicans) and NJ hasn't had a problem with electing a democrat to the white house and then electing a republican to the state house - and vice versa.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by subwayfan

Perhaps towns with good public transportation have residents that don't mind the high state subsidies via taxes that support it will stick to Democrat, or be split half (swing vote), where towns like Mt.Laurel and Evesham that don't enjoy the access and are a little further from the urban areas tend to not want to be subsiders.

Property tax money doesn't pay for NJTransit. It's funded by the TTF. The Transportation Trust Fund is paid for with the gas tax (the lowest in the country), the sales tax, and a few other taxes related to motor vehicles and from toll money.

In other words, everyone who uses the roads pays for NJTransit. And seeing how it keeps about 1 million trips a day off the roads - it's well worth it.

PATCO, which you mentioned in regards to Gloucester County is funded by Delaware River Bridge tolls.

[ReluctantGardenStater]

Originally Posted by Obrero

In Morris County Corzine only won two towns. Dover - (no shock there) but also Morristown which I did find surprising.

Morristown, Dover, and Victory Gardens, in Morris County. Unsurprisingly, the most rundown areas of the county. Morristown has a mixed population and I expected it to vote Democratic. Dover is on the road to becoming Morris County's only ghetto.

[SouthJersey7]

Camden County, proudly behind Corzine My town did narrowly go for Christie though..

[SilkCity0416]

Wow, shocking that Passaic County, went red. It just shows that the voting in Paterson and Passaic, was very low.

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by ReluctantGardenStater

To have an election where Newark, Camden, Trenton, Paterson, and Irvington don't get their way? The feeling is divine.

the genius democrat electorate.