Swedesboro, NJ is a small town with a population of around 4,000 people located in Gloucester County. With such a small population, Swedesboro has a unique political landscape. Despite its size, the local government actively works to ensure the needs of their community are met. Each year, residents in Swedesboro have the opportunity to elect officials that represent their interests in the town's Local Municipal Committee. The positions are filled by candidates from both major parties who come together to make decisions about local issues such as zoning regulations and budgets. Residents also have the option to participate in public forums and voice their opinions on important matters before they are put into action. Through this process, Swedesboro ensures that its citizens have an active role in governing the town.
The political climate in Swedesboro, 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
Swedesboro, 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.
Swedesboro, 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 Swedesboro, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $67,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $15,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)