Old Bridge, NJ (08857) is a small community located in Middlesex County. It's politics are mainly focused on local issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and taxes. The mayor of Old Bridge is Owen Henry who was elected in 2020 and is a member of the Republican Party. The Old Bridge Township Council consists of six members which represent their respective wards throughout the township. They have the responsibility to ensure that all citizens are represented fairly and that all town governing policies are enacted and enforced in an appropriate manner. The council holds regular meetings to discuss any issues or suggestions that come up from the community. Additionally, Old Bridge also has two congressional representatives, Frank Pallone for Congressional District 6 and Christopher Smith for Congressional District 4. They both work hard to ensure that the best interests of their constituents are met at every stage of the political process.
The political climate in Zip 08857 (Old Bridge, NJ) is somewhat 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
Zip 08857 (Old Bridge, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Old Bridge, New Jersey is somewhat 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.
Old Bridge, 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 08857 (Old Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $67,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $25,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)