Spotswood, NJ is a small town located in Middlesex County. As such, its political environment consists of local municipal and county elections. Residents of the town elect representatives to the municipal council who work to implement local initiatives such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and improvement, and environmental protection. At the county level, residents elect the Board of Chosen Freeholders who are responsible for budgeting and allocating resources for services provided by the county such as law enforcement, education, recreation, healthcare and public transportation. Additionally, citizens participate in national elections where they help decide who will represent them in Congress. Spotswood residents are actively engaged in their local politics and take pride in their right to vote and influence their community’s future.
The political climate in Spotswood, 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
Spotswood, 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.
Spotswood, 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 Spotswood, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $3,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $2,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)