The politics in 08534 Pennington, NJ are largely centered around the city's government and education system. This small community houses just over 2,000 people and has a mayor-council form of government. Education is highly valued in Pennington, with several schools located within the area. The local school board works closely with the community to ensure that the students of 08534 have access to quality education. Local elections for public offices are held every two years and always draw a high voter turnout from dedicated citizens looking to make their voices heard and ensure their town continues to thrive.
The political climate in Zip 08534 (Pennington, NJ) is moderately 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 08534 (Pennington, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Pennington, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Pennington, 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 08534 (Pennington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,775 contributions totaling $654,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 363 contributions totaling $137,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)