Gloucester, NJ is a small town in the South Jersey region with a population of approximately 15,000 people. It has a rich history as an industrial port town and is home to many local businesses and organizations. The politics in Gloucester are focused on making sure that the local community is thriving and taking steps to ensure that its citizens have access to resources they need to be successful. This includes supporting small businesses, increasing public safety, and creating more jobs for residents. The town works in partnership with its county government to ensure that all of these goals are achieved. Local candidates focus on representing the best interests of the community while striving for greater involvement in regional events and initiatives. Elections typically feature debates between candidates on topics such as economic development, education, infrastructure, crime reduction, and more.
The political climate in Gloucester, NJ is moderately liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gloucester, NJ is moderately liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Gloucester, 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 Gloucester, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,054 contributions totaling $366,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 754 contributions totaling $109,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)