Egg Harbor City, NJ is a small town in Atlantic County with a population of over 4,000. This town is known for its close-knit community and rich history. As such, local politics play an important role in the city’s development and future. In recent years, the local political landscape has been dominated by the Republican party, with many candidates standing for various positions in state and county offices. While this situation is subject to change as different candidates enter into the race during election cycles, it does offer a glimpse of the conservative nature of Egg Harbor City's politics. Additionally, both local and national organizations have become involved in campaigns that shape the direction of government in Egg Harbor City. The city council members are elected through nonpartisan elections which gives residents a chance to participate in forming their government's policy decisions.
The political climate in Zip 08215 (Egg Harbor City, 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 08215 (Egg Harbor City, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Egg Harbor City, 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.
Egg Harbor City, 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 08215 (Egg Harbor City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 610 contributions totaling $28,081 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $28,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)