Longport, NJ is a small seaside town located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It has a long history of progressive politics and is part of the larger movement for social justice in the state. The town's residents are active in local political campaigns and are passionate about supporting their candidates of choice. Longport also prides itself on being part of the larger social movements in the region such as civil rights, environmental protection, and LGBTQ rights. Over the past few years, many new candidates have been elected to office, who represent diverse perspectives on issues important to Longport’s citizens. The local community is dedicated to supporting their representatives and ensuring that they make decisions that reflect their values and priorities.
The political climate in Longport, 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
Longport, 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.
Longport, 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 Longport, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $8,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $13,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)