Lindenwold, NJ is a small borough centered around Camden County. It has a diverse population and a strong sense of community. Local politics in Lindenwold tend to focus on issues affecting the community such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure projects. The Lindenwold Borough Council serves as the governing body for the town and is comprised of six elected members who serve three year terms. These council members are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the citizens of Lindenwold. They are also responsible for selecting certain government officials such as the mayor, police chief, and other municipal employees. Local elections are held every three years where residents can vote on who they want representing them on the council. Political candidates typically come from within the local community and focus their campaigns on how they can best serve their constituents if elected to office.
The political climate in Lindenwold, NJ is strongly liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lindenwold, NJ is strongly liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Lindenwold, 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 Lindenwold, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 610 contributions totaling $28,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $10,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)