Lanning Square, Camden, NJ Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lanning Square

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

Lanning Square is a Democratic stronghold. About 84% of voters here vote Democratic and 16% Republican.

 

About 36% of adults in Lanning Square typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lanning Square, ~30% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lanning Square compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lanning Square leans more Democratic than 23 of 38 neighbors.

Lanning Square runs about 62 points more Democratic than New Jersey as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Lanning Square. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+75) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+57), a spread of about 18 points.

Why Lanning Square leans the way it does

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Lanning Square live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 57% of adults in Lanning Square have never been married, above 91% of neighborhoods.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Lanning Square, Camden, NJ sits in the top tenth nationally 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 Lanning Square looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lanning Square is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 25 points below the New Jersey average of 67%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 41% of adults in Lanning Square report food insecurity, above 94% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 68% of adults in Lanning Square have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. 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.