Penny Pot leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Penny Pot typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Penny Pot, ~28% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Penny Pot compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Penny Pot leans more Republican than 80 of 147 neighbors.
Penny Pot runs about 27 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole. New Jersey leans Democratic overall, while Penny Pot is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Penny Pot 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 Penny Pot, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Penny Pot are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Penny Pot runs against the grain of New Jersey, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Penny Pot, NJ sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Penny Pot looks the way it does
Turnout in Penny Pot sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Newtonville, NJ R+6
- Weymouth, NJ R+22
- Mizpah, NJ R+17
- Folsom, NJ R+30
- Da Costa, NJ R+32
- Collings Lakes, NJ R+28
- Elwood, NJ R+7
- Richland, NJ R+25
- English Creek, NJ R+20
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alleghany, CA R+6
- Morristown, ND R+41
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.