Asbury Park, NJ is a culturally diverse city known for its vibrant beachfront boardwalk. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with an elected mayor and six council members. The current mayor of Asbury Park is John Moor, who was elected in 2019. Mayor Moor has been focused on improving the city’s infrastructure and leveraging the increasing popularity of the boardwalk to increase tourism and improve the local economy. The City Council also works to ensure that development plans are consistent with public input and adhere to the city's smart growth principles. In recent years, the city has been able to attract new businesses, create jobs, and strengthen public safety initiatives. Asbury Park's political decisions are being driven by a commitment to improve quality of life for all residents and visitors alike.
The political climate in Asbury Park, NJ is somewhat 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
Asbury Park, NJ is somewhat 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.
Asbury Park, 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 Asbury Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,266 contributions totaling $215,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 450 contributions totaling $113,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)