Seaside Park, NJ is a small coastal town located in the state of New Jersey. Politics in Seaside Park are often focused on local issues such as taxes, infrastructure, and quality of education. The town consists of a small population and is served by a three-member Town Council that is responsible for governing the town. Elections for the Town Council occur every two years with members serving two-year terms. The Town Council works to keep taxes low while providing essential services to its citizens. They also strive to improve the quality of life and promote economic growth within the community by making sure that businesses have access to necessary resources and can operate in a safe environment. Additionally, they work with local organizations and residents to create programs to support youth, veterans, seniors, and other persons in need of assistance.
The political climate in Seaside Park, NJ is somewhat 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 Park, NJ is somewhat 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 Park, 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 Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $8,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $16,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)