The politics of 08801 Annandale, NJ are driven by its diverse population consisting of people from different backgrounds and cultures. The town is represented at the local level by a mayor and a council which is elected every four years. The council is responsible for making decisions on matters such as taxes, zoning regulations, public safety, infrastructure projects, and other issues that affect the community. Local political candidates are typically chosen through primary elections where voters choose who will represent them in government. All local candidates must be registered to vote in order to be eligible to run for office. The residents of 08801 Annandale expect their representatives to provide fair representation and make sure that the needs of the community are met.
The political climate in Zip 08801 (Annandale, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08801 (Annandale, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Annandale, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
Annandale, 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 08801 (Annandale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 741 contributions totaling $85,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $48,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)