The politics in 08829 High Bridge, NJ are heavily impacted by its location in the state of New Jersey. Being in the heart of Hunterdon County, the area is strongly rooted in a strong Republican presence. Several local political organizations have formed to support candidates and policies that align with their beliefs. These include the Hunterdon County Republican Women’s Club, Hunterdon County Young Republicans, and Hunterdon Republican Committee. These organizations are constantly working to ensure that their ideals are represented at all levels of government both locally and statewide. There is also an active Democratic presence in the area with organizations like the Hunterdon Democrats and High Bridge Democrats regularly working to promote their candidates and causes throughout 08829 High Bridge, NJ.
The political climate in Zip 08829 (High Bridge, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08829 (High Bridge, NJ) is leaning conservative.
High Bridge, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
High Bridge, New Jersey: R R R R R r
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 08829 (High Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $15,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $10,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)