South River, NJ is a small town with a population of approximately 14,000 people. In terms of politics, it is part of Middlesex County in New Jersey and falls under the jurisdiction of the state’s legislature. Currently, South River is represented by Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, Senator Joe Vitale and Congressman Frank Pallone. The town prides itself on having a strong sense of community and actively engages in local politics to promote the wellbeing of its residents. Through events such as “meet and greets” with local candidates and voter drives, South River strives to ensure that as many citizens as possible are aware of the decisions being made by their representatives in government. As such, it is an important part of life here for residents to stay informed about politics and current events so they can make educated decisions at the polls.
The political climate in South River, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, NJ 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.2%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South River, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex 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.
South River, 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 South River, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $13,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $5,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)