Lawrenceville, NJ is a small town located in Mercer County in the state of New Jersey. The town is home to a diverse population and has developed its own unique culture. In terms of politics, Lawrenceville is part of the 12th Congressional District which is represented by Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman in the House of Representatives. At the local level, Lawrenceville is under the governance of Mayor Christopher Bobbitt and the Town Council. The Town Council consists of six members who are elected to serve two-year terms. They help shape local policy decisions that affect day-to-day life for residents. In addition to their legislative duties, the Town Council also serves as an advisory board providing feedback on issues that may arise from time to time within Lawrenceville's boundaries.
The political climate in Lawrenceville, NJ is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, NJ is very liberal. In Mercer County, NJ 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.1%.
Mercer county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrenceville, NJ is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, New Jersey is very liberal.
Trenton-Princeton Metro Area is very 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.
Lawrenceville, 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 Lawrenceville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,767 contributions totaling $374,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 340 contributions totaling $77,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)