Fairton, NJ is a small town with a population of around 12,000 people. The local politics are dominated by the Democratic Party and have been for many years. The current mayor, Joe Smith, was elected four years ago and has since been serving the residents of Fairton to the best of his ability. He has taken an active role in advocating for the needs of the community and has worked hard to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services. The Town Council consists of five members from both parties who work together to make decisions on behalf of all Fairton residents. Additionally, there is a strong school board with representatives from each district working together to provide solid education opportunities for children in the area.
The political climate in Fairton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Cumberland County, NJ 52.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained moderately Democratic, 52.3% to 46.3%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairton, NJ is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Vineland-Bridgeton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fairton, 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 Fairton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 430 contributions totaling $73,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $31,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)