Glassboro, New Jersey is a small city with a population of over 18,000 people. It is governed by a Council-Manager form of municipal government. The Glassboro Town Council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of the town. The mayor and council president are voted directly by the people and the other five council members are chosen at-large from each of the five wards in town. In addition, there are several committees appointed to provide oversight for various departments including Administration, Public Safety, Finance and Economic Development.
The City of Glassboro has a well established political system that is dedicated to making sure their citizens have access to quality services. Every year an election is held to choose local politicians who work hard to ensure the needs of all citizens are met. Residents can also get involved in local politics through attending Town Hall meetings or by participating in civic organizations such as the Glassboro Improvement Association or Glassboro NOW! These groups strive to bring attention to important issues facing the community and work towards creating positive change for all residents.
The political climate in Glassboro, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Glassboro, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Glassboro, 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 Glassboro, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,267 contributions totaling $84,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $17,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)