Plumsted, New Jersey is a small suburban township located in Ocean County. Although the town is largely residential, with a population of approximately 8,000 residents, it has an active local government that works to make sure the needs of its citizens are met. The governing body consists of a five-member Township Committee and a mayor who is elected at-large every four years. The committee members are also elected to serve staggered terms on a nonpartisan basis. Within the Township Committee, there are various committees providing oversight to many aspects of Plumsted life including Public Safety, Administration and Finance, Education and Parks & Recreation. The local political candidates for these offices often come from within the community and share many of the same values as their constituents. Together they strive to keep Plumsted safe and secure while ensuring access to quality services for all.
The political climate in Plumsted, NJ is strongly 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
Plumsted, NJ is strongly 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.
Plumsted, 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 Plumsted, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $13,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $37,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)