The town of Rocky Hill, NJ (08553) is a small community with a population of approximately 1,800. It's a place that is proud of its local history and traditions, as well as its commitment to civic engagement. Although it is relatively small, it still has an active political climate and maintains representation at all levels of government. At the municipal level, local elections are held every two years to select the Mayor and Town Council members who form the governing body of Rocky Hill. This election cycle typically includes both Republican and Democratic candidates for each position, giving voters an opportunity to make their voices heard in local politics. In addition to municipal elections, 08553 is served by representatives from both New Jersey's 7th Congressional District and 12th Legislative District who work on behalf of the community's interests in Washington D.C. and Trenton respectively. All in all, Rocky Hill may be small in size but it takes pride in its political involvement and actively works to keep residents informed about issues that affect them locally as well as nationally.
The political climate in Zip 08553 (Rocky Hill, 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 08553 (Rocky Hill, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Rocky Hill, 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.
Rocky Hill, 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 08553 (Rocky Hill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $45,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $6,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)