West Wildwood is a small town located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, New Jersey. This quaint beachfront community is governed by a nonpartisan mayor-council system of government with five council members. The Mayor and Council are responsible for providing services such as police, fire protection, garbage collection, street maintenance, and recreation facilities to all West Wildwood residents. The current mayor of West Wildwood is Frank Edwardi who was elected in 2018. In addition to the Mayor’s office there are two other political entities that have influence over the town; the county government and the state legislature. At the county level, Cape May County provides services such as road repair, water quality oversight, and assistance to local businesses. At the state level, representatives from West Wildwood participate in voting and debates in the NJ legislature which covers issues such as jobs, healthcare and education.
The political climate in West Wildwood, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Cape May County, NJ 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape May county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.3%.
Cape May county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Wildwood, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Ocean City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
West Wildwood, 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 West Wildwood, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $24,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $45,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)