Sayreville, NJ is a town located in Middlesex County, NJ that is politically active. Politically, the borough of Sayreville has been governed by a Mayor and six council members since its incorporation in 1919. The current mayor is Kenneth J. Armwood III who was elected in 2017 and the Borough Council is comprised of five democrats and one independent. On the county level, Sayreville is represented by various representatives in the New Jersey General Assembly and Senate, as well as legislators from the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. While Sayreville does not have any candidates running for office at this time, its citizens remain politically engaged through attending local town hall meetings and voting on important issues that impact their community.
The political climate in Sayreville, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Middlesex County, NJ 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.2%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sayreville, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
Sayreville, 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 Sayreville, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,627 contributions totaling $226,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 461 contributions totaling $72,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)