Monmouth Beach, NJ is a small beach town located on the Jersey Shore. It’s politics are similar to those of other towns in the area. The mayor is elected every four years, and several council members are elected to serve for two year terms. Recent elections have been marked by debates over issues like taxes and business development. During these debates, candidates discuss their plans for improving infrastructure and services for the community while considering budget constraints and environmental concerns. Additionally, local political groups engage in grass roots campaigns to support their preferred candidate's platform and bring attention to important issues facing the town. With a range of perspectives on how best to move forward, Monmouth Beach continues its centuries-long tradition of engaging citizens in the political process.
The political climate in Monmouth Beach, 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
Monmouth Beach, 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.
Monmouth Beach, 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 Monmouth Beach, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $81,036 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $66,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)