Shark River Hills, NJ is a small town with a strong sense of political engagement. The local community is dedicated to staying informed and involved on issues that affect the town. Every election season there are always plenty of passionate conversations taking place in public spaces such as cafes and parks. People take great pride in their right to vote and make sure they are familiar with all the candidates on the ballot. During election season, Shark River Hills residents will attend forums to learn more about the different candidates' positions on important topics and voice their opinions accordingly. The town works together to ensure everyone is able to exercise their democratic right in an open and organized manner.
The political climate in Shark River Hills, NJ is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Monmouth County, NJ 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monmouth county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Monmouth county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shark River Hills, NJ is leaning conservative.
Monmouth County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Shark River Hills, New Jersey: d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Shark River Hills, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,812 contributions totaling $83,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $47,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)