Oldmans, NJ is a small town located in the northeast United States. It is known for its peaceful atmosphere and close-knit community. Political life in Oldmans tends to be relatively low-key and relaxed, with most residents happy to leave the larger state and national politics to those elected officials in Trenton and Washington, DC. While local elections do happen every few years, they don't usually involve contentious issues or heated debates between candidates. Instead, they are largely focused on maintaining the status quo of Oldmans' small-town charm and peacefully coexisting with neighboring towns. The town council is composed of six members who are elected every two years and serve as the primary governing body for Oldmans. They address local issues such as taxation, zoning regulations, public works projects, school budgets, and more. Every few years there is also a mayoral election where voters have an opportunity to elect a leader who will enact policies that benefit the town's citizens. All together Oldmans' politics tend to be straightforward and peaceful with most residents content with leaving larger state and national issues up to representatives in other cities.
The political climate in Oldmans, NJ is moderately conservative.
Salem County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Salem County, NJ 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salem county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.5%.
Salem county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oldmans, NJ is moderately conservative.
Salem County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
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.
Oldmans, New Jersey: d r d d 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 Oldmans, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 618 contributions totaling $80,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $19,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)