Buena, NJ 08341 is a small town located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The town has an area of about 3.7 square miles and a population of just over 8,500 people according to the 2010 census. The town's politics are overseen by a mayor-council system of government that is elected by the people every four years. The current mayor is Joe Conforti who has served since 2014 and is from the Democratic Party. The Town Council consists of five members who serve staggered four-year terms and are responsible for setting policy for the municipality. Buena citizens are represented on the county level by two freeholders elected at-large in partisan elections along with other local representatives for state and federal elections.
The political climate in Zip 08341 (Buena, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08341 (Buena, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Buena, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Buena, New Jersey: D d D D d d
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 08341 (Buena)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)