Clayton, NJ is a small borough located in Gloucester County. It has a population of approximately 8,000 people and covers an area of 1.6 square miles. The government of Clayton consists of an elected mayor and a six-member town council elected by the citizens. The mayor is responsible for directing and managing the activities of the borough while the town council manages the legislative activities such as passing ordinances and regulations. Local political candidates are determined during municipal elections which are held every four years, with half of the town council being up for re-election every other election year. Clayton's residents take a strong interest in local politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their community.
The political climate in Clayton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Gloucester County, NJ 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Gloucester county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clayton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Clayton, New Jersey: D d D D r 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 Clayton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,673 contributions totaling $130,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $21,355 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)