Collingswood, New Jersey is a thriving town of 8,000 residents located in Camden County. Politics in Collingswood are run at the local level with an elected Mayor and Commissioners who serve four-year terms. The current Mayor is Jim Maley and the five Commissioners are Rob Lewandowski, Joan Leonard, Michael Wallace, Paul Dougherty and John Foley. These individuals work together to make decisions that affect the quality of life for all Collingswood residents. In addition to the local leaders, there are several committees and organizations within the town that help shape public policy. The Collingswood Business Association works to promote economic development and support businesses in the community while also helping to build civic pride. Additionally, there are a variety of civic organizations such as the Collingswood Historical Society which serves to preserve the town's history and culture. Together these entities provide a strong sense of community unity in Collingswood that resonates through its politics.
The political climate in Zip 08108 (Collingswood, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08108 (Collingswood, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Collingswood, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Collingswood, 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 zip 08108 (Collingswood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,066 contributions totaling $163,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $16,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)