West Windsor, NJ is a bustling suburb of Princeton with a vibrant and active community. Politics in West Windsor are largely driven by local issues such as taxes, infrastructure projects and schools. During election season, local residents are encouraged to participate in the democratic process by voting for their preferred candidate. The current mayor of West Windsor is Shing-Fu Hsueh, who was first elected to office in 2007 and has since been re-elected several times. The West Windsor Township Council consists of five members who serve four-year terms and represents the whole township on major issues brought to their attention. Residents of West Windsor can also take part in electing their representatives to the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders who help ensure that the county’s needs are met. Participating in elections and staying informed on current political topics is vital for all citizens of West Windsor as this allows them to have a voice in how the future of their town will be shaped.
The political climate in West Windsor, NJ is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, NJ is very liberal. In Mercer County, NJ 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.1%.
Mercer county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Windsor, NJ is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, New Jersey is very liberal.
Trenton-Princeton Metro Area is very 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.
West Windsor, 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 West Windsor, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56,236 contributions totaling $12,472,806 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,957 contributions totaling $5,969,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)