Atlantic County, New Jersey is a vibrant and diverse place. Politically, it is largely dominated by the Democratic party, which holds a majority of elected offices in the county. Local representatives include Assemblyman John Armato, Senator Chris Brown, and Congressman Jeff Van Drew. The local government works together to ensure that all citizens are represented and protected. The county works hard to address the issues that matter most to its residents, such as healthcare reform, economic development, environmental protection, and education. Every election cycle sees a variety of candidates vying for these important positions in order to make sure that Atlantic County continues to be a great place to live.
The political climate in Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal.
In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Atlantic, New Jersey: D d D D d d
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Atlantic County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,365 contributions totaling $1,036,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,849 contributions totaling $633,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)