Westville, NJ is a small suburban town located in central New Jersey. Historically, it has always been a closely-knit community with strong ties to local politics. Politically, Westville is largely Democratic with a few notable Republican voters. Over the years, several local political candidates have represented the town in county and state government positions. Although Westville is predominantly Democratic, local elections are rarely decisive due to the small population size and lack of major differences between candidates. Voters typically focus more on individual qualifications rather than partisanship in order to make informed decisions at the polls. As a result, Westville residents often select candidates that they trust and feel will be able to best represent their interests over any particular political party.
The political climate in Westville, NJ is leaning liberal.
Gloucester County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Gloucester County, NJ 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Gloucester county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westville, NJ is leaning liberal.
Gloucester County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Westville, New Jersey: D d D D r 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 Westville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $21,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)