Washington Township is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The local politics of the area are divided between the two major parties – Republican and Democrat – with both sides working together to make sure that the interests of the community continue to be well represented. The Township Committee serves as the governing body and consists of five members who are elected at-large in partisan elections held every four years. It is responsible for enacting laws, making policy, budgeting and providing infrastructure services to its residents. In addition, Washington Township holds several different boards and commissions which help influence decisions that affect the residents such as planning boards, zoning boards and environmental commission. It also has a mayor who works closely with these committees to ensure positive progress in the community. With a strong local government presence, Washington Township strives to provide efficient services that make life easier for its citizens.
The political climate in Washington township (Gloucester County), 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
Washington township (Gloucester County), 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.
Washington township (Gloucester County), 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 Washington township (Gloucester County), NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,038 contributions totaling $553,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,484 contributions totaling $254,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)