Little Silver, Oceanport Voters Donated More to Romney

How much did local residents donate to presidential campaigns? In Little Silver and Oceanport, more dollars went to Republican candidate Mitt Romney than President Barack Obama.

An interactive map compiled by NJ Spotlight released recently itemizes by ZIP Code where donations went. The site analyzed campaign contribution reports and the data is presented in a statewide map, here. You can scroll around by town and see how different areas donated.

For Little Silver (ZIP Code 07739), donors there gave more to Romney — over $10,000 more. However, there were more donors giving to Obama: 160 contributions were made to Obama and 72 were made to Romney.

ZIP Code 07739 LITTLE SILVER

• Barack Obama

Total Contributions: $24,465
Number of Contributions: 160

• Mitt Romney

Total Contributions: $37,741
Number of Contributions: 72

For Oceanport (ZIP Code 07757), Romney garnered about 3,000 more donations, but the incumbent had over five times the number of donors over Romney.

ZIP Code 07757 OCEANPORT

• Barack Obama

Total Contributions: $6,203
Number of Contributions: 101

• Mitt Romney

Total Contributions: $9,905
Number of Contributions: 20

Here's a look at how residents in other nearby towns gave their presidential donations:

07760 -- RUMSON
Barack Obama
Total Contributions: $39,996
Number of Contributions: 153
Mitt Romney
Total Contributions: $168,546
Number of Contributions: 211

07704 -- FAIR HAVEN
Barack Obama
Total Contributions: $17,249
Number of Contributions: 37
Mitt Romney
Total Contributions: $36,334
Number of Contributions: 61

07750 -- MONMOUTH BEACH

 Barack Obama
Total Contributions: $6,379
Number of Contributions: 40
Mitt Romney
Total Contributions: $18,045
Number of Contributions: 36