Margate City, NJ Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Margate City

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

Margate City leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 92% of adults in Margate City typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Margate City, ~43% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Margate City compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Margate City leans more Republican than 12 of 75 neighbors.

Margate City runs about 11 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Margate City. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+2) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+10), a spread of about 12 points.

Why Margate City 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 Margate City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Margate City votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 71%, modestly above the New Jersey average of 61%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Margate City, NJ sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Margate City looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Margate City 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Margate City own their home, compared to around 71% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Margate City have completed high school, above 85% of cities. 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.