Middletown, NJ is a small town located in Monmouth County. Its political landscape is made up of many different aspects and influences, from state-level representatives to local elections. At the state level, Middletown residents are represented by Senator Joe Kyrillos and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, both Republicans. During local elections, the people of Middletown come together to vote on issues that affect their community directly. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in various committees and organizations which aim to improve the quality of life in Middletown. The town also has an active Democratic party, with multiple representatives working diligently to ensure that all voices and views are respected and heard in the political process.
The political climate in Middletown, 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
Middletown, 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.
Middletown, 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 Middletown, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,919 contributions totaling $5,467,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,024 contributions totaling $2,524,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $627 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)