Pine Beach, NJ, located in 08741, is a small community with its own distinct political culture. In the local elections each year, the residents of Pine Beach come together to cast their votes for the candidates they believe will best serve the community's interests. This has been true since the town was founded in 1893 and continues today. The current mayor is Bob Smith, who has served since 2012 and is currently running for reelection this fall. Other key players in Pine Beach politics are the members of the Town Council who work closely with Smith to make sure that all needs in Pine Beach are met. These individuals are chosen from among the citizens and must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the values of our town before being appointed to these positions.
The political climate in Zip 08741 (Pine Beach, 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 08741 (Pine Beach, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Pine Beach, 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.
Pine Beach, 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 08741 (Pine Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $6,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)