Mays Landing, NJ is located in Atlantic County and is part of the larger Mays Landing-Somers Point metropolitan area. The town has a long history of local politics, with an active political landscape. In recent years, the political environment in Mays Landing has become increasingly competitive with both Democratic and Republican candidates vying for seats on local governing councils. These elections often draw a significant number of voters who are eager to have their voices heard in their community. Local issues such as taxes, transportation infrastructure, economic development, and public safety are commonly debated amongst contenders vying for positions in local offices. There are many influential individuals within the community that dedicate their time to promoting various causes within the town's limits and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 08330 (Mays Landing, 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
Zip 08330 (Mays Landing, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Mays Landing, New Jersey 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.
Mays Landing, 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 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 zip 08330 (Mays Landing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 724 contributions totaling $26,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $29,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)