Camden, NJ County is a rapidly changing landscape and its politics reflect this. The local political landscape is diverse and the population is politically engaged. Issues such as public safety, economic development, education reform, and affordable housing are all topics of discussion in Camden County. Local elections often feature a variety of candidates from different backgrounds, with a range of views on how to best serve the needs of the residents. Additionally, Camden County has seen an increase in voter registration, with more people becoming engaged and actively participating in the political process. All these factors combine to make Camden County an interesting political environment where many important decisions are made.
The political climate in Camden County, NJ is very liberal.
In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camden County, NJ is very 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.
Camden, 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 Camden County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,674 contributions totaling $2,965,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,997 contributions totaling $1,173,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)