Brick, NJ, a small town located in Ocean County, is home to a diverse population of over 76,000 people. The local political scene in Brick is lively and active, with many candidates vying for positions on the town’s governing body. In recent years, candidates have focused their campaigns on issues such as improving local infrastructure, providing more affordable housing options, and protecting the environment in and around Brick. The town's elections are run by the Ocean County Board of Elections and feature representatives from both major political parties who come together to discuss issues directly affecting the Brick community. With a strong sense of civic pride among its citizens, Brick’s residents actively participate in their local politics and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 08724 (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 08724 (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 08724 (Brick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 868 contributions totaling $55,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 377 contributions totaling $83,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)