Raritan borough, NJ is a small and diverse community located in Somerset County. As with any political landscape, there are a variety of issues and concerns that affect the citizens of Raritan. Issues such as local taxes, job availability, public safety, and infrastructure are just a few of the topics of debate among local politicians. During election season, candidates from both major parties campaign for their positions on these issues to seek the support of their constituents. While debates may take place on local radio or television stations, residents can also attend town hall meetings held by candidates in order to learn more about their policies and platforms. Voters will then go to the polls to cast their votes based on who they feel best represents their interests. Regardless of the outcome on Election Day, it is important for citizens to be well informed and actively engaged in politics in order to ensure that all voices have an opportunity to be heard and make an impact in Raritan Borough's political landscape.
The political climate in Raritan, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Raritan, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
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.
Raritan, New Jersey: r r 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 Raritan, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $10,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $14,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)