South Brunswick Township in New Jersey is a small but vibrant community. Politically, it is home to the Democratic and Republican Parties. The two major parties both hold elections every year for local offices such as mayor, council members and school board members. There are also a number of smaller minority parties present in South Brunswick, including the Green Party and Libertarian Party. This diversity of political views reflects the range of perspectives that characterize this community. The Township Council meets regularly to vote on important issues impacting its residents. From these meetings come policy decisions that reflect the values held by those who live in South Brunswick Township, creating an environment conducive to progress and development.
The political climate in South Brunswick, 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
South Brunswick, 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.
South Brunswick, 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 South Brunswick, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117,946 contributions totaling $26,156,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,781 contributions totaling $11,902,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)