Pine Beach, NJ is a small town located in Ocean County, NJ. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Michael Glacken and the members of the council are John Smith, Tom Watson, Judy Johnson, and April Anderson. Each member of Pine Beach's governing body is committed to making sure that the town has safe streets, reliable public services, and efficient infrastructure in place. With an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and service to the citizens of Pine Beach, local political candidates work hard to ensure that residents have access to quality schools, parks, recreation opportunities, and other amenities that make life enjoyable in Pine Beach. The local political candidates also strive to maintain a healthy economic climate through support for local businesses and job creation initiatives. It is clear that Pine Beach's leaders are dedicated to serving its citizens and keeping the town vibrant.
The political climate in Pine Beach, NJ is moderately conservative.
Ocean County, NJ is strongly conservative. In Ocean County, NJ 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ocean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.9%.
Ocean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Beach, NJ is moderately conservative.
Ocean County, New Jersey is strongly 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.
Pine Beach, 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 Pine Beach, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $14,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $12,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)