Upper Pittsgrove, New Jersey is an unincorporated community located in Salem County. The local political scene in Upper Pittsgrove consists of a variety of representation at the county and state level. At the county level, Salem County is represented by Freeholder Director, Ben Laury, Freeholders Julie Acton and Bob Vanderslice, and Sheriff Charles Miller. At the state level, Upper Pittsgrove is represented by Senator Jeff Van Drew in the first legislative district. Senator Van Drew is a long-time advocate for the community and has recently sponsored legislation to promote economic development opportunities in the area. Additionally, Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak serves as another voice for Upper Pittsgrove's interests at the state level. Finally, Congressman Donald Norcross represents the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey which includes Upper Pittsgrove. All of these representatives have worked together to ensure that residents are provided with quality services and necessary resources to maintain their quality of life in this close-knit community.
The political climate in Upper Pittsgrove, NJ is moderately conservative.
Salem County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Salem County, NJ 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salem county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.5%.
Salem county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upper Pittsgrove, NJ is moderately conservative.
Salem County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
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.
Upper Pittsgrove, New Jersey: d r d d 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 Upper Pittsgrove, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 972 contributions totaling $100,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $37,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)