Beckett, NJ is a small town located in the northeast of the United States. It is known for its beautiful landscapes and friendly people. Politically, Beckett is strongly Democratic, with reliable voter turnout in presidential and local elections. The town elects officials to represent them at the county level, which include a Mayor, City Council, and School Board. Local issues addressed by the elected officials include public safety, public works projects, and economic development. In addition to county-level politics, Beckett residents are active in state and national elections as well. They vote for representatives in Congress and the Senate who can help protect their interests on the larger political stage.
The political climate in Beckett, 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
Beckett, 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.
Beckett, 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 Beckett, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $67,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $15,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)