Southampton, NJ is a small town located in Burlington County with a population of 5,086 as of the 2010 census. The local politics are overseen by the Township Committee, which is an elected body that works to pass ordinances and develop plans for the betterment of the township. This five-member committee is responsible for enacting legislation, overseeing zoning issues, and approving contracts with vendors. Each member serves a three-year term and elections are held every year to select new members. In addition to the Township Committee, Southampton also has a Mayor who is also elected by the residents and serves for four years. The Mayor oversees all day-to-day operations of the town as well as working with the Township Committee on any necessary decisions or agreements. Overall, Southampton's politics are characterized by transparency and open communication between local government members and residents to ensure they receive an equal voice in what happens within their community.
The political climate in Southampton, 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
Southampton, 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.
Southampton, 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 Southampton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,962 contributions totaling $417,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 694 contributions totaling $164,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)