Port Republic, NJ is a small town nestled in the county of Atlantic. It is a quiet and peaceful community where people enjoy living a slower paced life. Despite its small size, Port Republic has an active local political scene with city council members that are passionate about the issues affecting the community. The current council consists of five members who meet regularly to discuss policy changes and other matters impacting the town. They also work closely with state representatives and senators to ensure Port Republic's voice is heard and taken into account when legislation is produced at a higher level. As active members of the local political scene, they strive to make sure Port Republic's interests remain front and center in all decisions.
The political climate in Port Republic, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Republic, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton 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.
Port Republic, 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 Port Republic, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,344 contributions totaling $91,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $43,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)