Runnemede, NJ is a small town located in Camden County. It is home to a diverse community of over 8,000 people that are served by a local government focused on providing quality services, promoting economic growth, and maintaining the highest standards of responsible stewardship. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who work together to make decisions related to the town’s budgeting, ordinances, development projects, infrastructure maintenance, public safety initiatives, and much more. Local elections for this governing body occur every four years. Runnemede residents have several opportunities to interact with their elected officials including attending council meetings or contacting them directly with questions or concerns. With its small-town feel and commitment to strong municipal leadership, Runnemede is a great place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 08078 (Runnemede, NJ) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 08078 (Runnemede, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Runnemede, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey 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.
Runnemede, 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 08078 (Runnemede)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $18,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)