The politics in 07732 Highlands, NJ are centered around the local government that focuses on maintaining the small-town feel of the area. The town elects its mayor and council members through a non-partisan election every four years. The current Mayor is Eileen M. Ahern, who has been serving since 2016. The Council members are Adele A. Fabrizio, Michael C. LaPorte, George J. Farren Jr., and James P. Cecil Jr., who have all been serving since 2018. The Highlands Town Council is dedicated to making sure that all residents have access to a variety of services while preserving the unique character of the community and making sustainable decisions for future generations. They prioritize environmental protection as well as providing quality education opportunities for children, maintaining public safety, improving infrastructure, and creating more job opportunities for residents in order to help them thrive.
The political climate in Zip 07732 (Highlands, 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
Zip 07732 (Highlands, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Highlands, New Jersey 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.
Highlands, 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 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 07732 (Highlands)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $56,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $8,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)