East Greenwich, NJ is a small town located in Gloucester County that is home to about 5,000 people. It is home to a range of political opinions among its citizens and has a strong sense of civic involvement. The Town Council is the governing body for East Greenwich and operates under the Mayor-Council form of government. The Mayor and six members of the Town Council are elected by the local residents for four year terms. The Council works with local businesses and organizations to create initiatives and policies that best serve the needs of the community. They also host public meetings where citizens can voice their opinions on proposed laws or policies they feel should be implemented. In addition, there are several other elected positions in the town such as Freeholder, Sheriff, Surrogate Court Judge, and Clerk that oversee different aspects of town government operations. Overall, politics in East Greenwich focus heavily on pursuing initiatives that improve quality of life and encourage economic development for all residents.
The political climate in East Greenwich, NJ is somewhat 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
East Greenwich, NJ is somewhat 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.
East Greenwich, 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 East Greenwich, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,115 contributions totaling $131,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $37,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)