The politics in 08230 Ocean View, NJ are primarily focused on local issues that affect the community and its residents. Residents are encouraged to stay informed about their local government by attending meetings, reading the local newspaper, and staying up to date with campaigns of their favored candidates. Local elections often feature a number of candidates from both major parties as well as independents vying for votes on topics such as taxation, public safety, economic growth and development, environmental conservation, education reform, and infrastructure improvements. With both the national and state governments focusing much attention on the area due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and other attractions, there is an increased emphasis on making sure that 08230 Ocean View is heard loud and clear when it comes to decision-making at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 08230 (Ocean View, NJ) is moderately 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 08230 (Ocean View, NJ) is moderately conservative.
Ocean View, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Ocean View, 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 08230 (Ocean View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $12,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $6,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)