Egg Harbor Township, NJ, is a thriving community located in Atlantic County. It is governed by a Mayor-Council system of government, which is made up of an elected mayor and six council members who are all residents of the township. The Mayor is elected to serve a four-year term, while the Council members are elected to serve three-year terms. Currently, the Mayor of Egg Harbor Township is Dema Kovalenko and the Council members are Saaed Ajaero, Alison D’Alessandro, Vincent Ferrigno Jr., Chris DePhillips, Paul Hodson and Jim Wood. Residents here have their voices heard through local political candidates during campaigns and elections. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in politics at both the state and national level by participating in local grassroots efforts or attending events hosted by their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 08234 (Egg Harbor Township, 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 08234 (Egg Harbor Township, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Egg Harbor Township, 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.
Egg Harbor Township, 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 08234 (Egg Harbor Township)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 793 contributions totaling $67,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $67,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)