Phillipsburg, NJ is a small town located in Warren County. Although the town may be small, politics still plays an important role in the day-to-day lives of its residents. The mayor and town council are responsible for making decisions on important matters such as budgeting, public safety, infrastructure, and more. Phillipsburg also has local representatives in state government who can help to ensure that the interests of the people are represented on a larger scale. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to cast their vote during municipal elections to choose who will represent them on various issues. Local political action groups and committees also provide residents with a platform to voice their opinions and get involved in the decision-making process. Overall, Phillipsburg is an active community when it comes to politics and it is up to citizens to take part in order to ensure that their rights are protected and their interests are well represented.
The political climate in Phillipsburg, NJ is leaning conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phillipsburg, NJ is leaning conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Phillipsburg, 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 Phillipsburg, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 641 contributions totaling $47,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $61,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)