Medford Lakes, NJ is a small town in Burlington County that is known for its close-knit community and rural lifestyle. Despite its size, Medford Lakes has a vibrant political life. Local elections for the borough council bring out a significant number of people to decide upon the issues that impact their lives. The political candidates running for office are committed to representing the interests of the community while balancing necessary fiscal responsibility. During election season, candidates often meet with members of the public to discuss their ideas and visions for the future of Medford Lakes. Through this process, everyone in the community has an opportunity to make their voice heard on issues like taxes, infrastructure, education and more.
The political climate in Medford Lakes, NJ is leaning liberal.
Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medford Lakes, NJ is leaning liberal.
Burlington County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Medford Lakes, 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 Medford Lakes, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,108 contributions totaling $528,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 560 contributions totaling $238,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)