Dorothy, NJ (08317) is a small town located in Atlantic County. The town has an estimated population of about 5,000 people and is primarily residential with some light industry. While the town does not have its own government, it is a part of Greater Egg Harbor Township and abides by the laws set forth by the Township Council. As such, residents of Dorothy must keep up to date with local political candidates running for office at the county level. During election times, candidates visit Dorothy to discuss their platforms and policies that will help benefit the town's citizens. It is important for Dorothy residents to be informed about the issues impacting them so they can make educated decisions at the voting booth.
The political climate in Zip 08317 (Dorothy, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08317 (Dorothy, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Dorothy, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dorothy, New Jersey: D d D D d d
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 08317 (Dorothy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)