Folsom, NJ is a small town in Atlantic County with an estimated population of only 2,672. Politically, Folsom is divided between the Democratic and Republican parties. The town is represented by Democrat State Sen. Chris Brown, Republican Assemblyman John Armato, and representatives from both political parties on the local Board of Freeholders. The political discourse here tends to be civil, as individuals in this quiet community tend to focus on local issues that affect them directly such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, and school funding. Both Democrats and Republicans generally agree that these are important matters that should be addressed with a common-sense approach that seeks to benefit all of the citizens of Folsom. As a result, there is often a mutual respect among political opponents when discussing politics here in Folsom.
The political climate in Folsom, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Atlantic County, NJ 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atlantic county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 46.0%.
Atlantic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Folsom, NJ is leaning conservative.
Atlantic County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Atlantic City-Hammonton 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.
Folsom, 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 Folsom, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,218 contributions totaling $261,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $150,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)