Forked River, NJ is a small town in Ocean County and is a great place to live. The community is close-knit and the people are friendly. The local politics here focus on making sure that the quality of life within the town is kept high. The officials strive to ensure that taxes are kept low and that services like parks, schools, and roads are well maintained. They also push for initiatives like improved public transportation options, more affordable housing options, and better access to health care services. Furthermore, they are committed to preserving the wonderful environment of Forked River through green initiatives such as renewable energy projects and conservation efforts. It is evident that Forked River's political system works hard to make it a great place for its residents to live.
The political climate in Forked River, NJ is moderately conservative.
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
Forked River, NJ is moderately conservative.
Ocean County, New Jersey 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.
Forked River, 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 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 Forked River, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 370 contributions totaling $20,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $56,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)