Manchester Township, NJ is located in Ocean County and is home to approximately 43,000 residents. It is a relatively large town with a variety of local politics and government issues that affect the lives of its citizens. The town elects three council members and a mayor who serve four-year terms. These elected officials are responsible for enacting legislation that will benefit the town's residents, while also maintaining fiscal responsibility. In addition to the Town Council, Manchester Township features several committees and boards that advise on matters such as land use and zoning as well as environmental protection issues. Residents of Manchester Township have plenty of opportunities to become involved in their local politics through these various committees and boards, but no specific local political candidates need be mentioned here.
The political climate in Zip 08759 (Manchester Township, 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 08759 (Manchester Township, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Manchester Township, 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.
Manchester Township, 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 08759 (Manchester Township)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,108 contributions totaling $48,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $55,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)