Point Pleasant Beach leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Point Pleasant Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Point Pleasant Beach, ~34% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Point Pleasant Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Point Pleasant Beach leans more Republican than 47 of 104 neighbors.
Point Pleasant Beach runs about 25 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole. New Jersey leans Democratic overall, while Point Pleasant Beach is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Point Pleasant Beach. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+27) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+9), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Point Pleasant Beach 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 Point Pleasant Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Point Pleasant Beach votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 73%, modestly above the New Jersey average of 61%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Point Pleasant Beach 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; Point Pleasant Beach, 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 Point Pleasant Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Point Pleasant Beach 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bay Head, NJ R+17
- Brielle, NJ R+19
- Point Pleasant, NJ R+25
- Manasquan, NJ R+18
- Sea Girt, NJ R+19
- Brick, NJ R+28
- Allenwood, NJ R+29
- Spring Lake Heights, NJ R+5
- Spring Lake, NJ R+13
- Mantoloking, NJ R+24
Cities with Similar Populations
- Vacherie, LA D+21
- Munroe Falls, OH Even
- Petersburg, IL R+32
- White Hall, MD R+33
- Bristol, FL R+34
- Mine Hill, NJ R+3
- Columbus, TX R+37
- Auburn, NH D+2
- Penngrove, CA D+27
- Warrenton, NC D+34
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.