Buena Vista, NJ is a small town located in Atlantic County. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political landscape. The local government consists of five elected members on the Town Council and one Mayor. People in Buena Vista take an active interest in their politics and often come out to vote in local elections. The issues that are most important to the community include public safety, education policies, economic development initiatives, and environmental protection. Elections for Town Council members and Mayor occur every four years when new candidates campaign for office and residents vote on who they believe will best represent the interests of Buena Vista.
The political climate in Buena Vista, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buena Vista, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Buena Vista, New Jersey: D d D D d d
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 Buena Vista, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,557 contributions totaling $239,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 585 contributions totaling $85,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)