Waretown, NJ is a small town located in Ocean County with a vibrant community and growing economy. The politics in Waretown are closely monitored by residents, who take an active role in local elections and initiatives. Every two years, residents of Waretown get the opportunity to vote for their choice of representative in the county’s Board of Commissioners, as well as their choice for Mayor, City Council Members, and Township Committee Members. The representatives chosen are held accountable for representing the interests of the people that elected them and making decisions that will benefit the entire community. Residents also have the ability to propose ideas to be brought into consideration by local government officials through initiatives such as petitions or ballot questions. The people of Waretown value civic engagement and strive to keep their town a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Waretown, 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
Waretown, 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.
Waretown, 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 Waretown, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 449 contributions totaling $30,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $15,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)