West Long Branch, NJ is a small city located in the heart of Monmouth County. It is governed by an elected Mayor and five Council Members. The current mayor is Janet Tucci and the council members are Barbara Neiman, Thomas J. Brennan, Barry Nussbaum, John F. Gulley, Jr., and Richard Vespucci. As a small city located near the Jersey Shore, West Long Branch has a strong focus on community involvement in local politics. Residents have the opportunity to become involved with their local government through attending meetings and participating in public hearings for proposed ordinances or decisions that affect the city’s future development. By engaging with their representatives, citizens can help shape the future of West Long Branch for generations to come.
The political climate in West Long Branch, NJ is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Monmouth County, NJ 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monmouth county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Monmouth county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Long Branch, NJ is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
West Long Branch, New Jersey: d 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 West Long Branch, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $25,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $33,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $849 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)