Ocean County, NJ is home to an active and involved political landscape. It has a history of local representatives holding office in the county government that have been committed to the well-being of its citizens. There are numerous organizations dedicated to public service in Ocean County such as the Ocean County Republican Organization and the Ocean County Democratic Regional Committee. Local elections often feature a variety of candidates from both major parties representing their views on important matters like education, economic development and environmental protection. Issues like property taxes, budgeting and infrastructure improvements also play a significant role in local politics across Ocean County. The residents of this county take pride in being politically engaged, with community meetings taking place regularly to discuss current legislation and future plans for the area.
The political climate in 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
Ocean County, NJ 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.
Ocean, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Ocean County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,486 contributions totaling $1,401,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,183 contributions totaling $3,304,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $638 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)