Carteret, NJ is a growing town located in northern New Jersey. It is home to many active citizens who are actively involved in politics. There are many local political organizations and clubs that have formed to discuss and advocate for issues important to the people of Carteret. These organizations include the Carteret Conservative Club, the Carteret Progressive Coalition, and the Carteret Democratic Party. Each of these organizations works to represent their members' interests as well as providing opportunities for individuals to become more involved in local politics. Additionally, there are numerous candidates running for office each year in local elections. Therefore, those living in Carteret have plenty of opportunities to get involved and make their voices heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Carteret, NJ is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, NJ 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.2%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carteret, NJ is moderately liberal.
Middlesex 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.
Carteret, 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 Carteret, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 680 contributions totaling $52,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $23,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)