Voorhees Township is a township located in Camden County, New Jersey. It has a strong history of political involvement and activity among the citizens. The township is served by Mayor Michael Mignogna, who was elected to office in 2017 with overwhelming support from the community. There are also three Township Council Members who are elected to four year terms on a staggered basis. The council members serve as representatives for their constituents and ensure that local government is running efficiently and effectively. Voorhees Township also holds elections every four years for various other positions such as school board members, sheriff, fire district commissioners, and sewerage authority members. These positions are filled by members of the community to ensure proper representation of all citizens. Furthermore, Voorhees Township takes part in larger political events such as general elections where residents can vote for state and national representatives that will make decisions on their behalf.
The political climate in Voorhees township (Camden County), NJ is moderately liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Voorhees township (Camden County), NJ is moderately liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Voorhees township (Camden County), 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 Voorhees township (Camden County), NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,308 contributions totaling $977,688 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 666 contributions totaling $204,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)