Edison, NJ is a vibrant and diverse community located in Middlesex County. The town has an active political atmosphere, with several issues such as taxes, law enforcement, and education being debated at the local level. Edison is home to two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties have strong voter bases and actively participate in local elections. The Democratic Party has long held a majority in Edison, but recently there has been a surge of support for Republicans in local elections. In addition to traditional party politics, Edison also has some independent candidates running in local elections. They often draw votes from both sides of the aisle by presenting innovative ideas that are tailored to residents' needs. Local citizens can get involved by voting or volunteering in campaigns for their preferred candidates.
The political climate in Edison, NJ is moderately 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
Edison, NJ is moderately 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.
Edison, 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 Edison, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,097 contributions totaling $961,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 448 contributions totaling $142,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)