Avenel, NJ is a small community located in Middlesex County and is home to a diverse population. Politically, Avenel is represented by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, which oversees county-wide legislation and policy. At the local level, Avenel residents are part of the 21st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly. The district is currently represented by Democrats Raj Mukherji and Annette Quijano. The entire state of New Jersey is represented in Congress by Democrat Donald Norcross in the 1st congressional district. In addition to federal and state representatives, each municipality has its own Mayor and Council members to represent local citizens’ interests. In Avenel, Mayor Robert Sottilaro works with his council to ensure that issues affecting Avenel residents are addressed adequately and efficiently.
The political climate in Avenel, 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
Avenel, NJ 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.
Avenel, 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 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 Avenel, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,566 contributions totaling $194,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $74,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)