Pennsville is a township located in Salem County, New Jersey. It has a small population of approximately 11,000 people and is governed by an elected board of five trustees. Although the township does not have its own mayor or town council, residents can get involved in local politics by voting for trustees at the annual election or by joining the local Republican and Democratic committees. The political atmosphere in Pennsville is generally friendly and collaborative with both parties working together to reach common goals. Residents of Pennville are passionate about their local government and take pride in being actively engaged in issues that affect them. Community events such as parades, festivals, and other activities provide an excellent platform to discuss political issues among neighbors while strengthening community ties in the process.
The political climate in Pennsville township, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Salem County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Salem County, NJ 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Salem county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.5%.
Salem county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pennsville township, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Salem County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
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.
Pennsville township, New Jersey: d r d d 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 Pennsville township, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $11,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $26,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)