The small town of 08242 Rio Grande, NJ is located in Cape May County and is home to about 3,500 people. It is a peaceful area with close ties to nearby wild life preserves and beaches. When it comes to politics, the small community of 08242 Rio Grande primarily consists of members who affiliate with the Republican Party. The mayor of Rio Grande is currently Steven J. Thomas, who was re-elected in November 2019 after serving four consecutive terms as mayor. Additionally, there are two local councilmen: E. John Ruggerio and Michael J. Testa Jr., each representing their own districts within the township. Both have been working hard for the betterment of the town by helping keep taxes low while increasing service and support for constituents.
The political climate in Zip 08242 (Rio Grande, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Cape May County, NJ 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape May county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.3%.
Cape May county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08242 (Rio Grande, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Rio Grande, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Ocean City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Rio Grande, 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 08242 (Rio Grande)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $7,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $7,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)