Manchester, New Jersey is a small town in Ocean County with a population of just over 3,000 people. As such, it has a smaller political infrastructure than larger towns and cities. The local government is run by an elected mayor and four council members who are voted in during municipal elections. These elections occur every two years and are held in November to coincide with the state and federal elections. All residents 18 or older are eligible to vote for the candidates they believe will best serve their interests. The mayor and council members work together to set policies that reflect the interests of Manchester’s citizens, create budgets for the town, manage taxation, and oversee public works projects. They also develop zoning regulations, as well as adopt laws regarding noise control, traffic control and other public matters that affect the quality of life in Manchester.
The political climate in Manchester, 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
Manchester, 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.
Manchester, 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 Manchester, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,860 contributions totaling $416,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,589 contributions totaling $480,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)