Leisure Village East, NJ is a small community located in Ocean County. It is primarily a residential area composed of an active adult retirement community. Despite its small size, the politics of Leisure Village East, NJ are highly important to the local residents. Local elections for various positions such as mayor, councilmembers, and school board members often have very close results and can be determined by just a few votes. There are several local political organizations that actively encourage participation in the democratic process and hold events where residents can learn more about local candidates running for office. The result is a vibrant political culture within Leisure Village East that gives residents an opportunity to have their voices heard on important issues affecting their lives.
The political climate in Leisure Village East, 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
Leisure Village East, 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.
Leisure Village East, 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 Leisure Village East, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,038 contributions totaling $506,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 507 contributions totaling $2,075,942 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,095 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)