Tuckerton, NJ is a small town of about 3,000 residents located in the Jersey Shore region. Although it is a small town, Tuckerton has an active political scene. The town is governed by a mayor and a six-member council which are all elected from within the town. During election season, local candidates come out to talk to residents about their policies and plans for the future of Tuckerton. Each candidate plays an important role in deciding how the government will be run and what changes will be made within the community. All residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate and make their voice heard during elections.
The political climate in Tuckerton, 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
Tuckerton, 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.
Tuckerton, 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 Tuckerton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 477 contributions totaling $18,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $12,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)