Alexandria, NJ is a small township located in Hunterdon County, NJ. Although it is small in population, Alexandria politics are important to the local community. The Township Committee is the governing body and oversees all affairs of the municipality. Members of this committee are elected officials that serve four-year terms and make decisions regarding budgeting, planning, zoning, public safety and other local issues. Residents of Alexandria have the opportunity to vote for these candidates during local elections. Local politics can have a great impact on the daily lives of residents so it is important for everyone to keep informed about who is running for office, what they stand for and how their decisions might affect the town going forward.
The political climate in Alexandria, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alexandria, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
Alexandria, New Jersey: R R R R 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 Alexandria, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,928 contributions totaling $209,498 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 515 contributions totaling $101,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)