Lawnside, NJ is a small borough located in Camden County and has a population of approximately 2,945 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government which consists of Mayor Christopher S. Brown and six Borough Council Members. The governing body meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss relevant issues impacting the borough. Local political candidates run for office throughout the year to represent their constituents. Candidates for office must be residents of Lawnside and their campaigns are centered around providing solutions to the borough's most pressing issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. All local elections are administered by the Camden County Board of Elections and conducted in accordance with New Jersey State Election Law.
The political climate in Zip 08045 (Lawnside, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08045 (Lawnside, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Lawnside, New Jersey is strongly liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Lawnside, 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 08045 (Lawnside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $19,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)