McGuire AFB, NJ is a base located in Burlington County and is part of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Politically, McGuire AFB is part of New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, represented by Representative Andy Kim. The local state representative for New Jersey's 12th Legislative District is Ryan Peters. On the county level, Burlington County has a Freeholder Board which serves as the legislative branch of government, made up of seven members who are all elected to three year terms. The current board chair is Felicia Hopson and she provides leadership for the Board and represents Burlington County in Trenton. McGuire AFB residents are encouraged to stay informed about local political issues and to participate in elections to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in McGuire AFB, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McGuire AFB, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Burlington County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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.
McGuire AFB, 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 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 McGuire AFB, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,070 contributions totaling $85,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $12,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)