Pennsauken, NJ has a long and rich history in politics that dates back to colonial times. With a population of 35,400, this township is located in Camden County and is the fourth-largest municipality in the county. The political landscape in Pennsauken presents an interesting mix of local, state and national candidates who all strive for their constituents’ support. At the local level, the Pennsauken Township Committee consists of six members elected from wards within the township. During state elections, residents elect two Assembly representatives and one State Senator to represent them in Trenton. At the national level, New Jersey's 1st Congressional District covers most of Pennsauken Township, where voters have their chance to pick their member of Congress every two years. It is clear that Pennsauken remains committed to providing citizens with numerous opportunities to get involved with politics on all levels.
The political climate in Pennsauken, 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
Pennsauken, 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.
Pennsauken, 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 Pennsauken, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,343 contributions totaling $86,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $18,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)