The politics of 08901 New Brunswick, NJ are determined largely by the city’s elected officials. This area is represented in the state legislature by Assemblyman Joe Danielsen and Senator Linda Greenstein. At the local level, New Brunswick is governed by a mayor and six council members who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. The city also has many municipal departments that work to ensure that residents receive quality public services. These departments include Law & Public Safety, Health & Human Services, Public Works & Utilities, Parks & Community Services, Revenue & Finance, and Administration. Through their hard work and commitment to the people of 08901 New Brunswick, NJ, these elected officials help ensure that the city is a safe and vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Zip 08901 (New Brunswick, 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 08901 (New Brunswick, NJ) is moderately liberal.
New Brunswick, 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.
New Brunswick, 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 08901 (New Brunswick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,126 contributions totaling $273,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $30,567 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $624 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)