Ocean City, NJ is a vibrant beach town located within Cape May County. It has a long history of political activity and involvement in local politics. The government of Ocean City is headed by the Mayor and City Council, who are elected by the citizens of Ocean City every four years. Recent topics that have been discussed in council meetings include beach access, public safety issues, infrastructure projects, and social service programs. The city is also home to several different political organizations such as the Republican Club of Ocean City and the Democratic Club of Ocean City which both work to educate and encourage civic engagement amongst citizens. In addition, a number of non-partisan organizations such as the League of Women Voters host events throughout the year to inform residents about current issues and candidates running for office. All in all, Ocean City is an active community with many opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Ocean City, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cape May County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Cape May County, NJ 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape May county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.3%.
Cape May county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocean City, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cape May County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Ocean City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Ocean City, New Jersey: r 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 Ocean City, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,079 contributions totaling $55,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $78,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)