Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic46.3%872TrumpRepublican50.6%953OtherAll other candidates3.1%59
R+4.3
Lead
81
Total
1,884
vs nation
R+2.8
BidenDemocratic51.1%1,037TrumpRepublican48.3%980OtherAll other candidates0.6%12
D+2.8
Lead
57
Total
2,029
vs nation
R+1.6
ClintonDemocratic44.8%767TrumpRepublican52.0%891OtherAll other candidates3.2%54
R+7.2
Lead
124
Total
1,712
vs nation
R+9.3
ObamaDemocratic38.6%640RomneyRepublican60.4%1,001OtherAll other candidates1.0%16
R+21.8
Lead
361
Total
1,657
vs nation
R+25.6
ObamaDemocratic42.8%741McCainRepublican55.9%969OtherAll other candidates1.3%22
R+13.2
Lead
228
Total
1,732
vs nation
R+20.4
KerryDemocratic38.0%622BushRepublican61.8%1,010OtherAll other candidates0.2%3
R+23.7
Lead
388
Total
1,635
vs nation
R+21.3
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+4.3MIT Election Lab
Population
2,8822024 5-year
Population density
2,217 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
1.3 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$172,3482024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.7%2024 5-year
Black
0.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+2.8 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+23.7 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
87.1%1,905 participants ÷ 2,186 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+46.9 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+14.1 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
40.3%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
45.9%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,905
2,186 ± 228
87.1%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,066
2,320 ± 257
45.9%
Audited
E/D
2,048
2,206 ± 259
92.8%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Pines Lake, NJ · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
51.1%
1,037 votes · D+2.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 46.3%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
61.8%
1,010 votes · R+23.7
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 60.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,037votes
51.1% of the vote · D+2.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 872 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
1,010votes
61.8% of the vote · R+23.7
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 1,001 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
−1.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.8 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −2.8 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+25.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.8 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +21.3 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Pines Lake · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Passaic County, New Jersey, the county containing Pines Lake — Pines Lake’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Pines Lake, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Pines Lake sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 2.8 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 23.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.3 points.
A population of 2,882, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $172,348 describe the city.
In 2024, Pines Lake, New Jersey voted Republican by 4.3 points (R+4.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,884 votes cast, 872 went Democratic and 953 went Republican.
When did Pines Lake, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pines Lake, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Pines Lake, New Jersey?
Pines Lake, New Jersey has a population of 2,882 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pines Lake, New Jersey?
Median household income in Pines Lake, New Jersey is $172,348 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Pines Lake, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pines Lake, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
