Glassboro, NJ is a small town located in Gloucester County with a population of over 19,000 residents. The town is served by many local political figures that represent the citizens at the municipal, county and state levels. On the municipal level, Glassboro is represented by a Mayor and six council members who are all elected officials. At the county level, it is represented by freeholders who are elected to serve a three-year term. In addition, two Assembly members and one state senator also represent Glassboro on the state level. All of these representatives help to ensure that local issues are addressed and decisions are made that benefit the community as a whole. Furthermore, they strive to promote civil engagement within Glassboro by hosting events such as town hall meetings where residents can voice their concerns and ask questions directly to their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 08028 (Glassboro, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Gloucester County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Gloucester County, NJ 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Gloucester county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08028 (Glassboro, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Glassboro, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
Gloucester County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Glassboro, New Jersey: D d D D r 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 08028 (Glassboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 438 contributions totaling $46,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $7,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)