Piscataway, NJ 08854 is a vibrant community in central New Jersey. Located in Middlesex County, it is home to a diverse population and serves as an important hub for politics in the region. In recent years, Piscataway has had two representatives on the local school board representing their interests: Richard Visotcky and Maureen Kilian. Both have worked hard to ensure that the educational needs of Piscataway are met and have been instrumental in organizing rallies to raise awareness of important local issues. On the state level, Representative Donald Norcross currently holds office and represents the citizens of Piscataway in Trenton. He works diligently to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government, from local to federal. With its strong sense of community and commitment to public service, Piscataway is an important part of the political landscape in Central New Jersey.
The political climate in Zip 08854 (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
Zip 08854 (Piscataway, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Piscataway, New Jersey 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 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 08854 (Piscataway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,208 contributions totaling $269,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $65,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)