Burlington County, New Jersey is located in the southern region of the state and is home to a population of 449,973 people. It is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders who are democratically elected representatives from each district in the county. The government works closely with local leaders to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and resources for their needs. Additionally, the Burlington County government works to stay proactive and current with national political trends in order to best serve its citizens. In the 2020 election cycle, Burlington County voters are presented with several candidates that are vying for local office. Most notably, Republican incumbent Kate Gibbs and Democratic challenger Gina LaPlaca are running for Burlington County Freeholder Director, while Republicans Ryan Peters and Jim Waldman seek re-election as Freeholders alongside Democratic candidate Gary Garwacki. This election season promises to be an exciting one for Burlington County citizens as they cast their votes on November 3rd.
The political climate in Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal.
In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington County, NJ is moderately 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.
Burlington, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Burlington County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,823 contributions totaling $2,707,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,306 contributions totaling $2,890,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $671 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)