Seaside Heights, NJ is a vibrant beach town located on the Jersey Shore. It has an active and engaged local political scene, with many candidates running for office in the area. Local issues range from taxes to public safety, infrastructure, and education. Many of the candidates focus their campaigns on these important local issues that are especially pertinent in a beach town setting. There are also environmental issues such as coastal erosion that are important considerations in Seaside Heights politics. Additionally, there are passionate advocates for preserving the town’s history and culture. All of these topics are discussed by local candidates when they campaign for office and form part of an informed electorate in this small but vibrant community.
The political climate in Seaside Heights, NJ is leaning conservative.
Ocean County, NJ is strongly conservative. In Ocean County, NJ 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ocean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.9%.
Ocean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seaside Heights, NJ is leaning conservative.
Ocean County, New Jersey is strongly conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Seaside Heights, New Jersey: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Seaside Heights, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $8,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)