The politics in 08260 Wildwood, NJ are a reflection of the larger New Jersey state government. The local area is represented by Senator Jeff Van Drew and Assemblyman Bruce Land, both Democrats. At the local level, there are two governing bodies that deal with political matters: Wildwood City Commission and Cape May County Freeholders Board. The City Commission is responsible for making decisions regarding the city's budget, public works projects, and other municipal issues while the Freeholders Board makes decisions affecting the entire county such as taxation, public safety, and social services. Residents of 08260 Wildwood have an active voice in their local government through their participation in elections and attending meetings.
The political climate in Zip 08260 (Wildwood, 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 08260 (Wildwood, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Wildwood, 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.
Wildwood, 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 08260 (Wildwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $24,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $45,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)