Hampton Borough, NJ is a small suburban community with a population of about 8,000 people. While the town is relatively small, it has an active local politics scene. At the head of the municipal government is a Mayor and four council members who are elected by residents every four years to represent their interests in local decision making. The governing body meets regularly to discuss matters concerning infrastructure, zoning laws, safety regulations and other issues affecting Hampton Borough. Additionally, candidates for higher offices such as Congress and State Senate often visit the town to engage with voters in order to understand their needs and priorities. Through this system of representation, Hampton Borough residents can ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are met at all levels of government.
The political climate in Hampton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hampton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
Hampton, 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 Hampton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $20,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $9,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)