The small borough of Allenhurst, NJ is home to just over 1000 people. Although the population is small, the town has a long and proud history in local politics. The town is served by a five member Mayor-Council form of government. Each year the citizens of Allenhurst have an opportunity to vote for their mayor and council members from several local political candidates who throw their hat in the ring for each election. Over the years there have been a large number of dedicated elected officials who have worked hard to improve life for all residents of Allenhurst. From improvements to infrastructure, public safety initiatives, and public works projects, these local officials have worked together to ensure that the town continues to be a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Allenhurst, 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
Allenhurst, 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.
Allenhurst, 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 Allenhurst, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $21,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $53,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)