The town of Stratford, NJ is located in Camden County and is home to roughly 9,000 residents. The local government is headed by a Mayor and a Council made up of eight members. All political decisions are made by the Council and the Mayor, who are all elected into office by the people living in Stratford. Issues such as taxes, public services, community development projects, and infrastructure needs are regularly discussed at meetings between the Mayor and Council. The town also has local committees that focus on specific issues like education, roads/highways, public safety and environmental protection. Community members have an opportunity to get involved with these committees to make sure their opinions are heard when forming decisions that will affect them. In addition to this, local elections for Mayor and Council take place every four years.
The political climate in Zip 08084 (Stratford, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Camden County, NJ is very liberal. In Camden County, NJ 65.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.9% to 32.5%.
Camden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08084 (Stratford, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Stratford, New Jersey is moderately liberal.
Camden County, New Jersey is very 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.
Stratford, 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 08084 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $18,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)