Sayreville, NJ is a vibrant community located in Middlesex County that is home to a diverse population of nearly 43,000 people. The township operates under a Mayor-Council form of government, with the Mayor elected at large and the Council members elected from four wards. The current mayor is John E. McCormack and the town council consists of four members. Sayreville also has several local political organizations involved in different facets of township government such as zoning, planning, education, taxation and budgeting. The Sayreville Democratic Club for example, has regular meetings to discuss issues affecting the local community and works towards getting candidates elected who share their beliefs and values. There are also various volunteer initiatives within the community that work together to create positive change including beautification projects, organizing educational events and fundraisers for local charities. Through these efforts, Sayreville strives to become an even more inviting place for its citizens to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 08872 (Sayreville, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, NJ 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.2%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08872 (Sayreville, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Sayreville, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
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.
Sayreville, 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 zip 08872 (Sayreville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $71,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $12,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)