The politics of 08080 Sewell, NJ are governed by a town council that consists of five members elected by the people for three-year terms. The mayor is elected to a four-year term. The council meets monthly to take care of the town’s business and makes decisions on issues such as zoning, taxes, parks and recreation, services for residents, infrastructure, and economic development. Each year the council adopts a budget to fund these and other projects. Local elections are held in November every year with candidates from both major political parties vying for seats on the town council. Through their hard work and dedication to serving their community, these local politicians help keep 08080 Sewell running smoothly.
The political climate in Zip 08080 (Sewell, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Gloucester County, NJ 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Gloucester county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08080 (Sewell, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Sewell, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Gloucester County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Sewell, New Jersey: D d D D r 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 08080 (Sewell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,239 contributions totaling $148,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $80,232 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)