Tuckerton, NJ is a small borough located in Ocean County, NJ. It has a population of just over 3,000 people and provides a quiet place to live for its residents. The local politics in Tuckerton are administered by the 6-member Borough Council. This includes the Mayor and two elected council members from each of the town's three wards. Elections are held every four years with voters selecting individuals to represent their ward on the Borough Council. The Council meets monthly and works together to discuss and vote on legislation that affects the community such as zoning issues, financial budgets, and public projects. Local campaigns can be contentious at times but usually remain civil due to the close connections between citizens who have been living in Tuckerton for many years. It's an important part of living in this small community where everyone knows each other and looks out for one another's interests!
The political climate in Zip 08087 (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
Zip 08087 (Tuckerton, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Tuckerton, New Jersey 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 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 08087 (Tuckerton)
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)