Margate City is a small town with a population of just over 6,000 located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Although Margate City is not the most populous municipality in the state, locals take great interest and pride in their local politics. In recent years, local politicians have worked hard to ensure that the town remains financially stable and continues to provide services for its citizens. This has been achieved through careful budgeting and strategic investment in infrastructure. Furthermore, local representatives have worked to create a community-focused environment by engaging with local businesses and hosting public meetings to keep citizens informed about matters important to them. As such, Margate City stands as an example of good local leadership and effective representation of the people within the community.
The political climate in Zip 08402 (Margate City, NJ) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 08402 (Margate City, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Margate City, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic County, New Jersey 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.
Margate City, 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 zip 08402 (Margate City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 780 contributions totaling $121,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $73,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)