Maurice River Township is located in Cumberland County, NJ and is a rural community with many farms and wetlands that are home to a wide variety of wildlife. The township has been governed by an elected five-member Township Committee since its inception in 1875. Every three years, there is an election for the members of the committee. The current members of the committee are Mayor Ronald Hentges, Deputy Mayor Stephen McQuilkin, and Committee Members Robert Pitman, Diane Sheppard, and Pauline Schott. Each of them bring their own unique set of experiences and perspectives to the table as they strive to make Maurice River Township an even better place to live in. The township has also recently left the Cumberland County joint health insurance program in order to save money on healthcare costs for its employees. The residents of Maurice River can be proud that their local government is taking proactive steps towards creating a sustainable future for their community.
The political climate in Maurice River, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Cumberland County, NJ 52.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained moderately Democratic, 52.3% to 46.3%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maurice River, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Vineland-Bridgeton 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.
Maurice River, 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 Maurice River, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,040 contributions totaling $68,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $62,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)