Matawan, NJ is located in Monmouth County and is a small community with a population of 8,735 as of 2019. It is governed by the Matawan Borough Council which consists of six elected officials. The current mayor is John Anderson who was appointed in 2018. Other key members of the council include Joseph Sauerzopf, Bruce Hill, Edward Mascolo Jr., Marielena Baccarella-Oliveira, Anthony Fiorella and Stephen Dasti. They work together to create policies and pass legislation that will help serve the citizens of Matawan. The Council holds monthly meetings that are open to the public where they discuss current issues and listen to input from residents. The town also works closely with other local organizations like the Matawan Chamber of Commerce and the Matawan Historical Society to ensure that the interests of its citizens are well taken care of.
The political climate in Zip 07747 (Matawan, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Monmouth County, NJ 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monmouth county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Monmouth county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07747 (Matawan, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Matawan, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Matawan, New Jersey: d 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 07747 (Matawan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,626 contributions totaling $146,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $53,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)