The politics in 08844 Hillsborough, NJ are an important part of the local landscape. The area is represented in the US House of Representatives by Republican Representative Leonard Lance. At the state level, Democratic Senator Linda Greenstein and Republican Senator Kip Bateman represent the area in the New Jersey Senate. At the local level, Hillsborough Township is governed by a five-member Township Committee that includes four Republicans and one Democrat. This committee is responsible for setting policies and making decisions on behalf of their constituents. Additionally, township committees from Montgomery and Manville also serve parts of 08844 Hillsborough, NJ. Overall, local politics in Hillsborough are highly influenced by party affiliation and ideological differences between candidates.
The political climate in Zip 08844 (Hillsborough, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08844 (Hillsborough, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Hillsborough, New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
Somerset 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.
Hillsborough, New Jersey: r r 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 08844 (Hillsborough)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,255 contributions totaling $123,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 391 contributions totaling $164,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)