Five Points leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 93% of adults in Five Points typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Points, ~30% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Points compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Five Points leans more Republican than 119 of 136 neighbors.
Five Points runs about 41 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole. New Jersey leans Democratic overall, while Five Points is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Five Points 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 Five Points, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 86% of residents in Five Points drive to work alone, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Five Points runs against the grain of New Jersey, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Five Points, NJ sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Five Points looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Five Points 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 93% of households in Five Points own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.