Williamstown, NJ is a small town located just outside of Philadelphia. It is known for its quaint charm, friendly people, and historical buildings. Politically, Williamstown has a long history with the Democratic Party having traditionally held the majority in local elections. Currently, Williamstown is represented by Democrats at both the state level and federal level. This includes Congressman Donald Norcross who represents New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District and State Senator Fred Madden. At the local level, Mayor Carmen Ledbetter serves as the leader of the City Council and helps ensure that Williamstown continues to grow in a positive direction. With a population of just under 10,000 people, Williamstown remains an important part of South Jersey politics and its citizens are committed to making sure their voices are heard on State and National issues.
The political climate in Williamstown, NJ is leaning conservative.
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
Williamstown, NJ is leaning conservative.
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.
Williamstown, 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 Williamstown, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 952 contributions totaling $57,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $12,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)