The small coastal town of Barnegat Light, NJ, located in Ocean County, is home to a thriving community of about 500 people. With the majority of the population being white, Barnegat Light’s political landscape is also largely composed of Republican voters. Local elections largely stay within the Republican Party, with local candidates typically campaigning on platforms that support fiscal responsibility and conservative values. Despite this overall national trend, the citizens of Barnegat Light have become increasingly more vocal when it comes to their particular issues—particularly those surrounding climate change and beach replenishment—and are becoming increasingly involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 08006 (Barnegat Light, 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 08006 (Barnegat Light, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Barnegat Light, 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.
Barnegat Light, 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 08006 (Barnegat Light)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $19,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $485 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $78,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $992 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)