West Deptford, NJ is a small town located in Gloucester County with a rich history of local politics. The town has seen many changes since its founding in 1695, including the election of a new mayor every four years. Local elections are always hotly contested and the debates about various issues affecting the community are often passionate. Recent elections have focused on issues such as taxes, school funding, and public safety. Residents of West Deptford take pride in their local government and strive to ensure that it serves all members of the community. The town council and other elected officials are committed to working together to create a better future for West Deptford.
The political climate in West Deptford, 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
West Deptford, 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.
West Deptford, 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 West Deptford, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,027 contributions totaling $440,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $194,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)