Margate City, NJ is a small coastal town located in Atlantic County. It has a lively political scene, with both local and national issues discussed regularly at council and board meetings. Many local organizations are actively engaged in the political process, advocating for their members’ interests in governments of all levels. Margate City's City Council is made up of five members elected from single-member districts who serve four-year terms. The Council sets policy for the city, approves laws, and crafts Margate City's budget. The Mayor serves as head of city government and presides over the Council meetings but does not have any voting powers. Other boards in Margate City include the Planning Board, Zoning Board, and other various commissions that make important decisions about the future of the city. Margate City also holds elections for state legislature representatives to represent its interest in Trenton. Through these different branches of government, citizens can get involved in their local politics to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Margate City, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Margate City, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Margate City, 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 Margate City, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 780 contributions totaling $121,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $73,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)