The town of Hightstown, NJ, located in Mercer County, is a small community with a strong sense of local pride. Politics in the area are largely centered around issues that affect the town and its residents directly. Most recently, local elections have supported candidates who are focused on improving infrastructure, increasing access to educational and recreational opportunities, and continuing to support local businesses. Residents of Hightstown are passionate about taking part in decisions that will shape the future of their community and strive to be informed and vote on important issues. Local leaders work together to ensure residents have their voices heard and take action on key initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 08520 (Hightstown, NJ) is strongly 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 08520 (Hightstown, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Hightstown, New Jersey is strongly 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.
Hightstown, 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 08520 (Hightstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,922 contributions totaling $130,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $49,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)