Anderson, NJ is located in the heart of Central New Jersey and is part of Middlesex County. Politically, Anderson has historically been a Democratic stronghold, with many local elections being won by Democratic candidates. Currently, the Mayor of Anderson is Democrat Thomas Lankey, who has held office since 2011. The Township Council is also made up of all Democrats: Mitch Seim, Dan Martiniano Jr., David L. Spencer, Sharon Sullivan and Richard Pucci. All five members were elected in 2019 and will serve until 2023 when new elections will be held. In addition to the Township Council and Mayor’s Office, Anderson residents can participate in state politics through their representatives in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. These include Assembly Members John Wisniewski and Yvonne Lopez for District 19 and Senator Joseph Vitale for District 19 as well. With such strong Democratic representation at all levels of government, it’s no surprise that Anderson remains a reliably blue town.
The political climate in Anderson, NJ is moderately conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Anderson, NJ is moderately conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Anderson, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Anderson, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 499 contributions totaling $35,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $33,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)