Politics in Bradley Gardens, NJ are conducted through elected representatives at the municipal, county, and state levels. At the municipal level, residents are represented by a Mayor and a Council. The Mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town while the Council is in charge of setting policy for Bradley Gardens. At the county level, Bradley Gardens is part of Somerset County and is represented by members of the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The State of New Jersey also has its own representatives including members of the General Assembly and one Senator representing Bradley Gardens in the US Senate. Residents are encouraged to get involved with local politics by attending public meetings or voting in elections. Additionally, local organizations like volunteer fire departments or school boards may also have elections which can provide an opportunity for more direct involvement with local politics in Bradley Gardens.
The political climate in Bradley Gardens, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradley Gardens, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
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.
Bradley Gardens, New Jersey: r r 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 Bradley Gardens, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,764 contributions totaling $197,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 533 contributions totaling $272,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)