Jackson, NJ is a small town located in 08527 with a population just over 10,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, and the current mayor is Mayor Michael Reina. The town council meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month, with each member representing their respective ward in the community. Residents have access to local elected political candidates who are running for office through public forums held throughout the year. The council works hard to ensure that residents are informed and can make educated decisions when it comes to voting for their local candidates. Jackson also holds its own local elections every two years. Through these elections, residents are able to decide who will best represent their interests in the community and help push forward initiatives that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 08527 (Jackson, NJ) is strongly 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 08527 (Jackson, NJ) is strongly conservative.
Jackson, New Jersey is strongly 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.
Jackson, 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 08527 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,275 contributions totaling $101,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $45,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)