Northfield, NJ is a small suburban town located in Atlantic County. It’s politics are generally quite conservative and the main local political issues revolve around taxes, education, and infrastructure. The town is governed by a five-member Township Council who are elected by the residents of Northfield. These members are responsible for making decisions regarding all aspects of local government, including budgets, acquisitions of land or services, and contracts with other municipalities or counties. The Mayor of Northfield is also an elected official who serves as the head of the local government. Local elections are typically held every four years and residents have the opportunity to elect those who will be best suited to serve their needs and represent their interests on the Council. Through these elections, Northfield residents can ensure that their voices are heard in matters concerning their community.
The political climate in Northfield, 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
Northfield, 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.
Northfield, 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 Northfield, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $59,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $11,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)