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
HarrisDemocratic36.8%1,066TrumpRepublican61.0%1,766OtherAll other candidates2.1%62
R+24.2
Lead
700
Total
2,894
vs nation
R+22.7
BidenDemocratic38.9%1,129TrumpRepublican60.0%1,741OtherAll other candidates1.2%34
R+21.1
Lead
612
Total
2,904
vs nation
R+25.5
ClintonDemocratic34.0%877TrumpRepublican60.2%1,554OtherAll other candidates5.8%150
R+26.2
Lead
677
Total
2,581
vs nation
R+28.3
ObamaDemocratic42.7%1,073RomneyRepublican55.2%1,386OtherAll other candidates2.1%54
R+12.5
Lead
313
Total
2,513
vs nation
R+16.3
ObamaDemocratic41.1%1,109McCainRepublican57.0%1,539OtherAll other candidates1.9%50
R+15.9
Lead
430
Total
2,698
vs nation
R+23.2
KerryDemocratic36.6%921BushRepublican61.5%1,546OtherAll other candidates1.8%46
R+24.9
Lead
625
Total
2,513
vs nation
R+22.4
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+24.2MIT Election Lab
Population
3,8522024 5-year
Population density
896 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
4.3 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$109,0002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.9%2024 5-year
Black
0.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.3%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+26.2 in 2016MIT 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.
2016–20245 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
87.6%2,901 participants ÷ 3,312 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+22.4 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
-10.3 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
65.2%–70.2%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
55.9%
56.0%
20162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
2,901
3,312 ± 394
87.6%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,849
3,299 ± 417
56.0%
Audited
E/D
2,943
3,752 ± 400
78.4%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
2,136
3,821 ± 389
55.9%
Audited
E/D
2,619
3,839 ± 370
68.2%
Audited
E/A
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.
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.
presidential history
Party record book
Highland Lakes, 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
42.7%
1,073 votes · R+12.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 41.1%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
61.5%
1,546 votes · R+24.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 61.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,129votes
38.9% of the vote · R+21.1
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 1,109 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,766votes
61.0% of the vote · R+24.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,741 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
−16.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+12.5 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −22.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+28.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.2 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +25.5 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Highland Lakes · 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 Sussex County, New Jersey, the county containing Highland Lakes — Highland Lakes’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Highland Lakes, 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.
Highland Lakes sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 26.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 3,852, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,000 describe the city.
In 2024, Highland Lakes, New Jersey voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,894 votes cast, 1,066 went Democratic and 1,766 went Republican.
How many people live in Highland Lakes, New Jersey?
Highland Lakes, New Jersey has a population of 3,852 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Highland Lakes, New Jersey?
Median household income in Highland Lakes, New Jersey is $109,000 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Highland Lakes, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Highland Lakes, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
