Politics in 08820 Edison, NJ is handled by the local government of Edison Township. The township is governed by five elected council members who serve four-year terms and a mayor who serves a four-year term. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday nights of each month at the Municipal Building located in downtown Edison. Issues discussed range from new zoning ordinances to budget discussions. Council members also work closely with state and federal representatives to ensure necessary funds are received for local projects such as school construction and road repair. The local government works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services such as public transportation, police protection, waste management and recreation.
The political climate in Zip 08820 (Edison, 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 08820 (Edison, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Edison, 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.
Edison, 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 08820 (Edison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,615 contributions totaling $338,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $72,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)