Howell, New Jersey is a township in Monmouth County, located along the northern border of Ocean County. It is home to over 51,000 residents who enjoy its rural atmosphere and proximity to many local attractions. In terms of politics, Howell has a strong Republican population, with the Republican Party having held all elected offices in the municipality since 2011. Local elections are held to choose representatives for the Township Council and Mayor's office. The mayor presides over council meetings and is responsible for organizing public events such as parades and other activities. Howell also participates in county-wide races, with most candidates for county races coming from within Howell itself.
The political climate in Zip 07731 (Howell, NJ) is leaning 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
Zip 07731 (Howell, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Howell, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Howell, 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 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 zip 07731 (Howell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 999 contributions totaling $47,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $47,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)