The city of Somerdale, NJ is a small suburban town in the 08083 zip code. It is part of Camden County and is governed by the mayor and city council. The mayor is elected every four years and the city council members are elected on a nonpartisan basis every two years. The city has a range of programs and initiatives to benefit its residents, from public education projects to social services initiatives. There are also many civic organizations that promote civic engagement in the community. In addition, there are several local political activists who work to bring awareness and action to local issues. The citizens of Somerdale take pride in their town and actively participate in local government processes, making sure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 08083 (Somerdale, 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 08083 (Somerdale, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Somerdale, 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.
Somerdale, 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 08083 (Somerdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 674 contributions totaling $14,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)