East Rocky Hill, NJ is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, NJ. It is a relatively small community with a population of just over 5,500 people. It is not particularly known for its politics but the locals are engaged in political issues and have strong feelings on local and national affairs. They often partake in debates and discussions over the current state of politics both locally and in the larger area. The community also has a few local representatives that help address any issues that may arise in East Rocky Hill or that affect it from outside sources. Despite its small size, East Rocky Hill is an important part of New Jersey’s political landscape.
The political climate in East Rocky Hill, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Rocky Hill, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset 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.
East Rocky Hill, New Jersey: r r 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 East Rocky Hill, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,028 contributions totaling $5,669,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,521 contributions totaling $2,796,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,838 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)