Upper Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Though the town has a small population, its politics are still quite active. Upper Freehold’s municipal government is composed of five members elected to serve on the Township Committee. The Township Committee is responsible for setting policies and procedures for the effective management of the township, as well as appointing other officials such as members of boards and commissions. Each year, Upper Freehold holds elections for their local political candidates. Residents can participate in this election process by casting their votes for their preferred candidates, either at the polls or by mail-in ballot. This ensures that residents have a say in who gets elected to represent them at different levels of government.
The political climate in Upper Freehold, NJ is somewhat conservative.
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
Upper Freehold, NJ is somewhat conservative.
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.
Upper Freehold, 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 Upper Freehold, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,944 contributions totaling $160,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $82,546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)