Monroe Township, located in Gloucester County, New Jersey is a rapidly growing community with a diverse population. It has seen steady growth in recent years and is home to several different industries. In terms of local politics, the Township is represented by two state assembly members operating within the 41st district: Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera. At the county level, Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger and Deputy Director Lyman J. Barnes represent the township on the Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Mayor of Monroe Township is Richard Pucci who was elected to the office in 2017 for his first term. Since then he has worked closely with other members of the township council to create an environment of economic progressiveness and community engagement at all levels.
The political climate in Monroe 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
Monroe 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.
Monroe 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 Monroe township (Gloucester County), NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,856 contributions totaling $173,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $37,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)