The politics in 07077 Sewaren, NJ are quite interesting. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with the mayor and council members elected for four year terms. The town is also part of the 19th District of the New Jersey General Assembly, which elects two representatives to the state legislature. Every two years, voters in 07077 Sewaren have the opportunity to choose their representatives who will fight for their interests and help shape laws and policies that affect them directly. Local elections are held at regular intervals, giving residents a chance to vote on important issues such as taxation, infrastructure development, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 07077 (Sewaren, 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 07077 (Sewaren, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Sewaren, 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.
Sewaren, 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 07077 (Sewaren)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $2,656 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)