Trenton, NJ is the capital of New Jersey and home to the state government. It has a long and diverse political history that continues today. 08691 Trenton is part of this larger political landscape, with many local, state, and federal representatives serving the community. At the local level, some of the main issues facing residents in 08691 Trenton include economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and education reform. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the people of 08691 Trenton in local government. Participants in these elections include candidates from a variety of political parties and ideologies who all want to make changes for the betterment of their district. While population figures are not available for 08691 Trenton specifically, they do represent a part of a larger population in Mercer County with over 375 thousand people at last count. As such, their collective voice matters in any decision making process that affects both their own community as well as those around them.
The political climate in Zip 08691 (Trenton, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, NJ is very liberal. In Mercer County, NJ 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.1%.
Mercer county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08691 (Trenton, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Trenton, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Mercer County, New Jersey is very liberal.
Trenton-Princeton Metro Area is very 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.
Trenton, 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 08691 (Trenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,325 contributions totaling $110,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $41,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)