Toms River, NJ (08753) is a vibrant town in Ocean County situated on the Jersey Shore. Politically, it is a community that leans towards conservative values and the Republican Party. This is demonstrated by the fact that more Republicans have been elected to office in Toms River than Democrats in recent years. In 2018, Republican candidates were successful for Mayor, Township Council, and Surrogate Court Judge on Election Day. Additionally, all five of Toms River's state representatives are currently members of the Republican Party. While Congressmen Andy Kim and Jeff Van Drew both represent part of Toms River, residents within the 08753 zip code are primarily represented by Tom MacArthur who has held his seat since 2014. The people of Toms River take their politics seriously and make sure to look out for the best interests of their community when electing officials into office.
The political climate in Zip 08753 (Toms River, 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 08753 (Toms River, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Toms River, 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.
Toms River, 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 08753 (Toms River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $80,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 468 contributions totaling $256,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $547 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)