Toms River, NJ is a small town located in Ocean County. It has a rich history of involvement in local politics, with a current mayor and seven members on the town council who collaborate to make law and policy decisions for the residents. In recent years, Toms River has seen a renewed interest in local politics, as citizens have become more engaged in their community and have begun to pay closer attention to their representatives. Local candidates for office are often running on platforms that focus on improving the quality of life for all Toms River residents, promoting economic growth, advocating for environmental sustainability, and working to maintain public safety. With such an active political environment, Toms River residents can be sure that their voices will be heard by the officials they trust to represent them well.
The political climate in Toms River township, 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
Toms River township, 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.
Toms River township, 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 Toms River township, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,023 contributions totaling $302,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,386 contributions totaling $640,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)