Stockton, NJ (08559) is a small town located in Hunterdon County with a population of around 1,500 residents. With the small population size and location, Stockton is home to a Town Council made up of five members elected by the citizens of the town. Elections are held every two years and the Town Council serves for four year terms. The Town Council acts to manage and oversee the town’s budget and development while also providing services for its citizens such as road repair, garbage collection, police and fire protection. Every election cycle brings new candidates to the local political scene who are passionate about making a difference in their community. The municipal elections bring together people from different backgrounds and help shape an open dialogue about what kind of future they would like to see for their hometown. These conversations have helped to create meaningful change within the town and ensure that Stockton remains a great place to live, work, and play for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 08559 (Stockton, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08559 (Stockton, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Stockton, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
Stockton, New Jersey: R R R R R r
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 08559 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,155 contributions totaling $149,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $107,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $738 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)