Stone Harbor, NJ is a small beach town located on the Jersey Shore and part of Cape May County. The area is known for its beautiful beaches and vibrant summer culture, but also for its active local politics. With a population of less than 1,000 people, Stone Harbor has a mayor-council form of government headed by Mayor Gerard P. Gormley who is currently in his second term as mayor. Every two years, residents are able to elect new members to the borough council which consists of six council members and a president. In addition to local elections, Stone Harbor residents also participate in state and federal elections.
The political climate in Zip 08247 (Stone Harbor, 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 08247 (Stone Harbor, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Stone Harbor, 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.
Stone 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 08247 (Stone Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 185 contributions totaling $5,145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $10,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)