Richwood, NJ is a small town located in the heart of New Jersey. As with most towns of its size, politics often play an important part in determining the direction and priorities of the local government. The Richwood Council consists of five elected members who are responsible for setting policy, approving budgets and enacting ordinances that affect the day-to-day life of citizens. These council members come from all parts of the community and they strive to ensure that everyone's voice is heard and their interests are represented in decisions made by the Local Government. Elections for positions on the council take place every four years and candidates must be registered voters within Richwood. Candidates typically focus on issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development when campaigning for office. Every citizen has a stake in their local government and can get involved by attending town meetings or voting in elections.
The political climate in Richwood, NJ is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Gloucester County, NJ 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Gloucester county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richwood, NJ is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Richwood, New Jersey: D d D D r 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 Richwood, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,957 contributions totaling $362,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 757 contributions totaling $179,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)