Piscataway, NJ is a diverse and vibrant community that is home to a population of over 56,000 people. It has a long history of political involvement and engagement, with many residents actively taking part in helping shape policy at the local level as well as the state and national levels. The town has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of an elected Mayor who serves four years along with six members of Council who serve three year terms. This form of government allows for direct representation from the citizens and provides residents with an opportunity to make their voices heard on issues that matter to them. Piscataway also holds elections for its Board Of Education every three years, which helps ensure that students in the district receive the best education possible. Additionally, there are numerous civic organizations in Piscataway dedicated to promoting good government practices while educating young people about politics and greater social issues. All in all, Piscataway residents take great pride in their ability to make their voices heard through local politics and work diligently each election cycle to ensure that they have educated and experienced representatives representing them on all levels.
The political climate in Piscataway, 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
Piscataway, 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.
Piscataway, 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 Piscataway, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,461 contributions totaling $616,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 655 contributions totaling $167,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)