East Freehold, NJ is a small town in Monmouth County with a rich history and vibrant community. Politics in the area are largely dominated by local issues such as taxation, education, and public safety. The town council is made up of eight members who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. In addition to the town council, there are several other boards and committees such as the Planning Board, Sewerage Authority, and Zoning Board. Residents of East Freehold have an opportunity to have their voices heard through participating in the political process by voting or attending public meetings held by the town council. The mayoral race has been particularly contentious as two candidates have come out strong against each other on key issues that affect the citizens of East Freehold. As election season draws closer, it will be interesting to see how things shake out for this small town's politics.
The political climate in East Freehold, 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
East Freehold, 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.
East Freehold, 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 East Freehold, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,038 contributions totaling $295,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 554 contributions totaling $218,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)