Sea Bright, NJ is a small town with a population of about 1,400, located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County. The town has an active political landscape, with a mayor and six-member council governing the community. Local elections are held every two years for all positions on the municipality's governing body. Sea Bright residents have voted in both Democratic and Republican candidates over the years and take pride in their local government's ability to consistently serve the needs of its citizens. The current mayor is John Lamia, who was elected in 2018, and the council members are Allyson Gaffney, Daniel Smith, James LoBiondo, Michael Clancy Jr., Sean Lavin and Susan Howard. They strive to ensure that Sea Bright remains a safe place for its citizens to live by advocating for continued investment in public safety and infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Sea Bright, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Sea Bright, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Sea Bright, 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 Sea Bright, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,109 contributions totaling $539,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 532 contributions totaling $502,447 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $944 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)