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
HarrisDemocratic54.9%826TrumpRepublican43.2%650OtherAll other candidates1.9%29
D+11.7
Lead
176
Total
1,505
vs nation
D+13.2
BidenDemocratic64.2%1,419TrumpRepublican35.4%783OtherAll other candidates0.5%10
D+28.8
Lead
636
Total
2,212
vs nation
D+24.3
ClintonDemocratic69.3%984TrumpRepublican29.2%414OtherAll other candidates1.5%21
D+40.2
Lead
570
Total
1,419
vs nation
D+38.1
ObamaDemocratic73.6%1,003RomneyRepublican25.7%350OtherAll other candidates0.7%10
D+47.9
Lead
653
Total
1,363
vs nation
D+44.1
ObamaDemocratic60.4%771McCainRepublican38.8%496OtherAll other candidates0.8%10
D+21.5
Lead
275
Total
1,277
vs nation
D+14.3
KerryDemocratic53.4%652BushRepublican45.8%560OtherAll other candidates0.8%10
D+7.5
Lead
92
Total
1,222
vs nation
D+10.0
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+11.7MIT Election Lab
Population
3,9172024 5-year
Population density
13,057 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
0.3 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$82,4692024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
22.9%2024 5-year
Black
4.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
55.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+47.9 in 2012MIT 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. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2012–20246 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
55.1%1,528 participants ÷ 2,773 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+49.8 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+17.1 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
5.3%–25.0%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
47.8%
43.1%
201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,528
2,773 ± 569
55.1%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,157
2,682 ± 486
43.1%
Audited
E/D
2,229
2,398 ± 441
93.0%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,190
2,491 ± 392
47.8%
Audited
E/D
1,444
2,482 ± 334
58.2%
Audited
E/D
1,363
2,362
57.7%
Derived
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Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
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.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
presidential history
Party record book
Silver 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
Barack Obama2012
73.6%
1,003 votes · D+47.9
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 69.3%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
45.8%
560 votes · D+7.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 43.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,419votes
64.2% of the vote · D+28.8
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 1,003 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
783votes
35.4% of the vote · D+28.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 650 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
Barack Obama2012
+44.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.9 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +38.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−10.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+7.5 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −13.2 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Silver 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 Essex County, New Jersey, the county containing Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Silver 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.
Silver Lake sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 17.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.7 points.
A population of 3,917, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,469 describe the city.
In 2024, Silver Lake, New Jersey voted Democratic by 11.7 points (D+11.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,505 votes cast, 826 went Democratic and 650 went Republican.
How many people live in Silver Lake, New Jersey?
Silver Lake, New Jersey has a population of 3,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Silver Lake, New Jersey?
Median household income in Silver Lake, New Jersey is $82,469 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Silver Lake, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Silver Lake, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
