Clarksboro, NJ Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clarksboro

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Clarksboro leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 91% of adults in Clarksboro typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clarksboro, ~41% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clarksboro compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Clarksboro leans more Republican than 183 of 239 neighbors.

Clarksboro runs about 16 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole. New Jersey leans Democratic overall, while Clarksboro is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Clarksboro. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+19) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 15 points.

Why Clarksboro leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Clarksboro, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Clarksboro votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 48%, modestly below the New Jersey average of 61%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Clarksboro are family households, above 85% of cities. Clarksboro runs against the grain of New Jersey, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Clarksboro, NJ sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Clarksboro looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Clarksboro is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Clarksboro own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Clarksboro have completed high school, above 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New Jersey Division of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.