Cedar Glen Lakes, NJ is a suburban community with a strong sense of civic engagement. Residents here actively participate in politics, both on the local and state level. The importance of political issues are well understood by the citizens who take part in various forms of protest, advocacy, and voting to make their voice heard. During elections for local office, there is usually a healthy debate among candidates as they present their visions for the future of Cedar Glen Lakes. It is also common for town meetings to be held and organized by members of the community in order to discuss pressing matters such as budgeting and infrastructure improvements. There is an overall feeling of involvement that permeates throughout Cedar Glen Lakes when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Cedar Glen Lakes, 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
Cedar Glen Lakes, 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.
Cedar Glen Lakes, 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 Cedar Glen Lakes, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,108 contributions totaling $48,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $55,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)