Point Pleasant Manor leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Point Pleasant Manor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Point Pleasant Manor, ~27% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Point Pleasant Manor compares
Point Pleasant Manor sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Point Pleasant Manor runs about 37 points more Republican than New Jersey as a whole. New Jersey leans Democratic overall, while Point Pleasant Manor is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Point Pleasant Manor. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+35) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Point Pleasant Manor 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 Point Pleasant Manor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Point Pleasant Manor drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Point Pleasant Manor are family households, above 79% of neighborhoods. Point Pleasant Manor runs against the grain of New Jersey, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Point Pleasant Manor, Brick, NJ sits above the national average on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Point Pleasant Manor looks the way it does
Turnout in Point Pleasant Manor 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 Neighborhoods
- Arrowhead Park, Brick, NJ R+33
- West Osbornsville, Brick, NJ R+32
- Dover Heights, Toms River, NJ R+27
- Downtown Neptune City, Neptune City, NJ D+8
- Berkley Estates, Neptune, NJ D+46
- Barnegat Pines, Forked River, NJ R+42
- Ravine Gardens, Matawan, NJ R+4
- Creighton Village, Old Bridge, NJ R+24
- North Middletown, Middletown, NJ R+22
- Southwood, Old Bridge, NJ R+22
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Heritage East, Albuquerque, NM D+13
- Durant Manor, Oakland, CA D+60
- River Point, West Warwick, RI D+11
- Park Hill, Moline, IL D+18
- Merrill Park, Milwaukee, WI D+67
- Douglas, Elizabethton, TN R+46
- Dixon, Provo, UT R+14
- Wilshire Park, Midland, TX R+48
- Midwest, Detroit, MI D+84
- Homewood North, Pittsburgh, PA D+83
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.