Glen Gardner is a small rural town located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is made up of just under 2000 residents who find comfort in the close-knit community and rural living. The citizens of Glen Gardner take pride in their local politics, as it allows them to have an active say in how their town is run. Glen Gardner has two main political parties represented: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. In recent elections, much discussion has been held over issues such as taxation, education policy, environmental protection, healthcare policies and more. The citizens of Glen Gardner have come together to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to choosing the right leaders for their town. Every four years the residents cast their ballots and select a mayor and several representatives from both major parties who are trusted with responsibly managing the town's infrastructure, budgeting for services, and making sure that all citizens feel safe within its borders.
The political climate in Glen Gardner, NJ is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glen Gardner, NJ is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
Glen Gardner, New Jersey: R R R R R r
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 Glen Gardner, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $19,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $41,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $561 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)