Mantoloking, NJ is a small town along the Jersey Shore that has a strong political culture and history. The town's government is comprised of a mayor, five council members, a Town Clerk, and several volunteer boards and committees. Local politics are incredibly important to the residents of Mantoloking, due to its small size. Citizens of the town are involved in many aspects of local government including zoning laws, public safety initiatives and budgeting for the most important projects for the town. Voter turnout at elections is consistently high due to the close-knit community feeling among locals. Every election cycle, candidates campaign hard in order to earn support from their neighbors. In addition to voting in municipal elections, Mantoloking residents also participate in county and state elections as well as national presidential polls.
The political climate in Mantoloking, 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
Mantoloking, 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.
Mantoloking, 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 Mantoloking, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $11,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $67,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)