Riverside, NJ is a small town located in Burlington County. It has a unique political climate that involves local representatives from all the major national political parties. Generally speaking, the Republican Party holds sway in Riverside. Currently, the mayor of Riverside is Richard L. Jinks, who was elected as an independent candidate in 2017. In addition to the mayor, there are three council members and several representatives for other local government offices that are either Republican or Democratic. Every two years, local elections are held for these positions and the citizens of Riverside have the opportunity to cast their votes on candidates from each party. This ensures that all voices are heard in Riverside's politics and gives residents a chance to make their voices heard at the polling booth.
The political climate in Zip 08075 (Riverside, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Burlington County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Burlington County, NJ 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burlington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Burlington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08075 (Riverside, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Riverside, New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
Burlington County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Riverside, 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 08075 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 454 contributions totaling $60,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $31,679 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)