Asbury Park, NJ is a city located in Monmouth County with a diverse population of 15,535 people. It is home to a highly engaged and politically active community that strives to make positive changes in local government. The city has recently elected several progressive candidates to local offices, including Mayor John Moor and Councilmembers Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman. These individuals have been instrumental in advocating for local policies that benefit residents of Asbury Park. They have worked with community organizations to create educational opportunities, increase access to quality healthcare services, and push for more resources for underserved communities. Asbury Park residents actively engage in the political process to ensure their voices are heard on the issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 07712 (Asbury Park, NJ) is leaning liberal.
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 07712 (Asbury Park, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Asbury Park, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
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.
Asbury Park, 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 07712 (Asbury Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,266 contributions totaling $215,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 450 contributions totaling $113,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)