The politics in 08723 Brick, NJ are very important to its citizens. Since this area is located in Ocean County, it is a heavily Republican area with many local political candidates vying for residents’ votes during election season. While voting records vary from year to year, Republicans typically dominate most of the offices in the county. However, local government races have been quite competitive and often feature both Republican and Democratic candidates who are eager to represent their constituents. Additionally, local organizations such as The Brick Democratic Club work diligently to provide education and resources about current issues and how different policies affect the local community. As a result, citizens of 08723 Brick can feel confident that their voices will be heard no matter which party they choose to support.
The political climate in Zip 08723 (Brick, 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 08723 (Brick, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Brick, 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.
Brick, 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 08723 (Brick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 701 contributions totaling $51,772 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $20,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)