Port Reading, NJ is a small, unincorporated community located in Middlesex County. The area has limited political representation due to its size and lack of official recognition as an incorporated area. However, residents of Port Reading are still able to participate in the political process by voting for representatives at the county level. In particular, Middlesex County is part of the 12th District in the New Jersey State Assembly and is represented by Joseph Danielsen. Additionally, all of Port Reading citizens can vote for their two Representatives and one Senator in Congress: Frank Pallone Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Cory Booker, respectively. While there are no local political candidates or offices in Port Reading specifically, residents can make their voices heard through local engagement with their Congressional representatives and participation in elections at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 07064 (Port Reading, NJ) is somewhat 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 07064 (Port Reading, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Port Reading, New Jersey is somewhat 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.
Port Reading, 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 07064 (Port Reading)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $2,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $14,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)