The city of Somers Point, New Jersey is a vibrant community located in Atlantic County. It boasts a rich history of local politics, providing residents with numerous opportunities to get involved and shape the direction of their town. The town's government is run by an elected Mayor and four City Council members who are chosen every four years through local elections. Through council meetings and other public forums, citizens can express their opinion on matters such as budgeting, taxation, policy decisions and more. Furthermore, Somers Point also offers many resources for citizens to stay informed about their local government, including the City Clerk's Office which serves as an information center for all election-related questions. As such, residents of Somers Point are encouraged to actively engage in the city's political process so that they can help shape their city's future.
The political climate in Somers Point, NJ is leaning liberal.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somers Point, NJ is leaning liberal.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Somers Point, New Jersey: D d D D d d
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 Somers Point, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 737 contributions totaling $101,838 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $145,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)