Neshanic Station, NJ (08853) is a small rural community located in Somerset County. Although Neshanic Station is a relatively small town, its politics are still an important part of the area. The town is represented by three local representatives in the New Jersey State Legislature: Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker in the 16th Legislative District; Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman in the 16th Legislative District; and Congressman Leonard Lance in the 7th Congressional District. All three of these state representatives work for their constituents to ensure that their interests are being taken into account. Local elections are held annually with campaigns for Town Council positions and Mayor, as well as school board memberships at the district level. At the county level, residents have a commissioner who represents them on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Issues typically discussed during local and state elections include taxes, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives and educational investments.
The political climate in Zip 08853 (Neshanic Station, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08853 (Neshanic Station, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Neshanic Station, New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
Somerset 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.
Neshanic Station, New Jersey: r r 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 08853 (Neshanic Station)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $27,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $44,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)