Atlantic County Returns: The Fight for Urban Election Day Provisionals

Casino Glow: Atlantic City after dark.

In a very tight contest for the 2nd Congressional seat currently occupied by U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-2), sources say the drive for provisional votes on Election Day could prove critical.

That’s why both sides – Van Drew’s and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy’s – are working the streets hard in the lead up to the Tuesday, Nov. 3rd election.

Sources say the turnout to date in registered Democrat-rich (but also the political base of Craig Callaway, whom Van Drew paid $110,000 to help get out the vote – Atlantic City and Pleasantville has been underwhelming.

So far, Democrats have the edge over Republicans with ballots returned (41,699 to 32,983; and 26,790 unaffiliated voters), which appears to favor the challenger; but one source estimates Kennedy will need a nice cushion of 16,000 votes in Atlantic County, unless she makes them up elsewhere in other pockets of the sprawling South Jersey district. Another source insisted that the GOP looks less than confident in Van Drew’s home county of Cape May. He is expected to drive big numbers out of there, hence the need for Kennedy to do well in Atlantic, but the Van Drew campaign is paying someone from the Callaway organization to get involved in a local race.

Things are evidently a little more complicated everywhere in CD2 this season.

The total town by town breakdown for the county:

Mail In Ballot Summary Report (Kraken)
GENERAL ELECTION  – 11/03/2020
Municipality Name Party REC
Absecon City Democratic 1453
Absecon City Republican 1365
Absecon City Unaffiliated 1075
Municipality Total 3893
Atlantic City Democratic 6795
Atlantic City Republican 1127
Atlantic City Unaffiliated 1463
Municipality Total 9385
Brigantine City Democratic 1179
Brigantine City Republican 2035
Brigantine City Unaffiliated 904
Municipality Total 4118
Buena Borough Democratic 468
Buena Borough Republican 540
Buena Borough Unaffiliated 445
Municipality Total 1453
Buena Vista Township Democratic 1126
Buena Vista Township Republican 954
Buena Vista Township Unaffiliated 756
Municipality Total 2836
Corbin City Democratic 54
Corbin City Republican 93
Corbin City Unaffiliated 35
Municipality Total 182
Egg Harbor City Democratic 673
Egg Harbor City Republican 378
Egg Harbor City Unaffiliated 334
Municipality Total 1385
Egg Harbor Township Democratic 6705
Egg Harbor Township Republican 6183
Egg Harbor Township Unaffiliated 5346
Municipality Total 18234
Estell Manor City Democratic 192
Estell Manor City Republican 347
Estell Manor City Unaffiliated 250
Municipality Total 789
Folsom Borough Democratic 207
Folsom Borough Republican 363
Folsom Borough Unaffiliated 171
Municipality Total 741
Galloway Township Democratic 5781
Galloway Township Republican 4649
Galloway Township Unaffiliated 4337
Municipality Total 14767
Hamilton Township Democratic 4109
Hamilton Township Republican 3128
Hamilton Township Unaffiliated 2860
Municipality Total 10097
Hammonton Town Democratic 1567
Hammonton Town Republican 2315
Hammonton Town Unaffiliated 1937
Municipality Total 5819
Linwood City Democratic 1150
Linwood City Republican 1475
Linwood City Unaffiliated 926
Municipality Total 3551
Longport Borough Democratic 160
Longport Borough Republican 242
Longport Borough Unaffiliated 105
Municipality Total 507
Margate City Democratic 1094
Margate City Republican 1200
Margate City Unaffiliated 680
Municipality Total 2974
Mullica Township Democratic 710
Mullica Township Republican 1041
Mullica Township Unaffiliated 640
Municipality Total 2391
Northfield City Democratic 1350
Northfield City Republican 1430
Northfield City Unaffiliated 1092
Municipality Total 3872
Pleasantville City Democratic 3127
Pleasantville City Republican 330
Pleasantville City Unaffiliated 1029
Municipality Total 4486
Port Republic City Democratic 164
Port Republic City Republican 291
Port Republic City Unaffiliated 115
Municipality Total 570
Somers Point City Democratic 1620
Somers Point City Republican 1528
Somers Point City Unaffiliated 1052
Municipality Total 4200
Ventnor City Democratic 1544
Ventnor City Republican 1390
Ventnor City Unaffiliated 932
Municipality Total 3866
Weymouth Township Democratic 471
Weymouth Township Republican 579
Weymouth Township Unaffiliated 306
Municipality Total 1356
Grand Total 101472
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