Spring Lake Heights is a small borough in central New Jersey, located near the larger cities of Asbury Park and Belmar. It is home to approximately 6500 people and is governed by a seven-member council elected for three-year terms from two wards. The current mayor is Robert G. McBain, who has served since 2010. Together with the council, he works to ensure that the town remains vibrant and enjoyable for residents. Spring Lake Heights offers a variety of activities throughout the year such as farmer's markets and festivals, making it an attractive place to live for many families. The council also works to advocate on behalf of citizens, ensuring that their needs are being met at the local, state, and federal levels. In this way, Spring Lake Heights strives to be a shining example of community involvement in politics.
The political climate in Spring Lake Heights, NJ is leaning liberal.
Monmouth County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Monmouth County, NJ 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monmouth county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Monmouth county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Lake Heights, NJ is leaning liberal.
Monmouth County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey: d 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 Spring Lake Heights, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 873 contributions totaling $182,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $111,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)