The small town of Columbus, New Jersey is part of the larger Burlington County. Politics in this area are heavily influenced by the county level and state level offices. At the local level, the Town Council is responsible for enacting laws and ordinances to serve and protect its citizens. The members of the Town Council are elected every two years from a list of candidates who have presented their candidacy in an election. Currently, there are five representatives on the council that ensure that their constituents’ needs are met through careful legislation and decision-making. Along with the Town Council, other political influences in Columbus include representatives from both the State Assembly and Senate, as well as a congressional representative at the federal level. All of these individuals work together to respond to current issues in Columbus and beyond, ensuring that their constituents’ voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 08022 (Columbus, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08022 (Columbus, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Columbus, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Burlington County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Columbus, 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 08022 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 775 contributions totaling $58,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $18,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)