Washington Township is located in Burlington County, New Jersey and is a popular residential area with a population of approximately 17,000 people. The township offers its residents an abundance of outdoor recreation options, including five parks, two golf courses, and various sports fields. Political representation in the township includes two members of the Township Committee, which is elected every three years by the citizens of Washington Township. The current members are John Lazzaro and David Schulman. Both men have been working together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are being met through responsible decision-making and fiscal responsibility. They are dedicated to making Washington Township a safe and enjoyable place for everyone to live in. They strive to keep taxes low while providing high quality services to all residents.
The political climate in Washington township (Burlington County), NJ is leaning conservative.
Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Burlington County), NJ is leaning conservative.
Burlington County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Washington township (Burlington County), 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 Washington township (Burlington County), NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 636 contributions totaling $28,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $88,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $551 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)