Lanoka Harbor, NJ is a small municipality located in Ocean County. Its local politics are headed by the Lanoka Harbor Municipal Council, which consists of five members and the mayor. This governing body works to create policies and laws that serve the best interests of their constituents. The mayor of Lanoka Harbor is elected every four years, while municipal council members are up for election or re-election every two years. Within this legislative body, decisions are made regarding matters pertaining to public safety, infrastructure improvements, tax rates and other important issues. In addition to these government entities, there are a number of other organizations in Lanoka Harbor that impact local politics such as the Lanoka Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Lanoka Harbor Homeowners Association. These groups regularly hold meetings and advocate for their members’ interests on all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 08734 (Lanoka Harbor, 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 08734 (Lanoka Harbor, NJ) is strongly conservative.
Lanoka Harbor, 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.
Lanoka Harbor, 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 08734 (Lanoka Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 730 contributions totaling $16,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)