Politics
JUST IN: Top Pollster Reveals ‘Quiet Red Shift’ In Longtime Blue State
For almost 30 years, New Jersey has been a stronghold for the Democratic Party. However, that could all be about to change as the political winds of change are breezing through the Garden State, and it smells a lot like rebellion.
On the surface, it may look like your typical suburban liberal paradise. However, the working class is quietly rising in revolt against what they believe are failed Democratic policies that have destroyed their livelihood and stripped them of their God-given rights.
A new poll from Emerson has revealed President Donald Trump is sitting at 47 percent approval in New Jersey, which is a state he lost by almost 6 points in the 2024 presidential election. The approval rating for Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat? Six points behind Trump at 40 percent.
According to new analysis from Quantus Insights’ Jason Corley, “Trump’s rise in New Jersey is more than a polling quirk—it is a symptom of the deeper disillusionment of a forgotten electorate. Compared to his dismal 38% approval in 2020, Trump has gained nearly 18 net points in five years. The self-anointed progressives who run Trenton and dominate Newark, Camden, and Paterson may have the numbers on paper, but they are losing the pulse of the people.”
During the previous election, former Vice President Kamala Harris barely squeaked out a win in New Jersey, taking it by 5.91 percent, which is a massive 10-point decrease from the numbers Joe Biden pulled in during the 2020 race.
Trump also won several counties in the Garden State long assumed to be safe territory for Democrats, such as Gloucester, Passaic, Atlantic, Cumberland, and Morris.
“Hispanic and working-class voters in places like Perth Amboy and Elizabeth didn’t switch parties out of affection for Trump. They walked away from a Democratic Party that speaks more about gender theory than grocery bills. The left’s cultural priorities have become alien to many of the very voters they once relied on. The right, meanwhile, speaks bluntly—about inflation, crime, immigration, and identity. And blunt speech, like hard truth, resonates,” Corley continued.
“The voter rolls tell the same story. Since 2020, Republicans have added roughly 152,000 voters in New Jersey—a 9.8% increase. Democrats grew more slowly, up 129,000, or 5.2%. Unaffiliated voter registration declined slightly, but independents still make up over a third of the electorate. And in a state with semi-closed primaries and a vanishing county line system, these independents may finally become the kingmakers,” it added.
Corley theorized that the shift is happening due to high taxes, increases in the cost of housing, and suffocating regulations. The report points out that New Jersey has, historically, been one of the most expensive states to live in.
Families considered to be working class are now collapsing beneath the hefty weight of rising costs. On top of that, the article says these same individuals are watching Democrats make empty promises and are becoming disillusioned with the party, which could, ultimately, lead to disaffiliation and defection.
