Keansburg, NJ is a small borough located along the scenic Raritan Bay in Monmouth County. Politically, Keansburg is largely run by members of the Democratic Party, though there are some independent and Republican representatives as well. The town's mayor is a Democrat who has been in office for over 20 years, and the Borough Council consists of four Democrats and three Republicans. The Borough has an active local government that is focused on improving the lives of its citizens through initiatives such as public safety campaigns and educational programming for children. Additionally, the town regularly holds local elections for candidates from all political backgrounds to serve on its Board of Education, the County Board of Elections, and other important positions within the community.
The political climate in Keansburg, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Keansburg, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Keansburg, 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 Keansburg, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,413 contributions totaling $141,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $84,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)