Allentown, NJ 08501 is a small town located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. While the town is relatively small, it has an active political culture and a number of local politicians that represent the community at both the local and state levels. At the local level, Allentown residents are served by Mayor Paul Adams and several members of the borough council who work together to make decisions about the day-to-day operations of the municipality. At the state level, Allentown is represented by two Assemblymen— Eric Houghtaling and Joann Downey—who help shape state policy on issues such as taxes, education, economic development, healthcare, and public safety. Additionally, Allentown is represented by Senator Declan O’Scanlon in the State Senate. Allentown also has an active political scene during elections with both democrats and republicans vying to represent their constituents on the ballot each November. Residents of Allentown take pride in their involvement in local politics and are often eager to voice their opinions on matters affecting them in their community.
The political climate in Zip 08501 (Allentown, 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 08501 (Allentown, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Allentown, 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.
Allentown, 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 08501 (Allentown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 552 contributions totaling $41,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $15,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)