Trenton, NJ is the capital city of New Jersey and is located in Mercer County with a zip code of 08629. The city has a long political history, and its current mayor is Reed Gusciora. Mayor Gusciora was elected in 2018 and ran on a platform of expanding affordable housing, improving public safety, and creating economic development opportunities throughout the city. He has also worked to increase transparency in government and strengthen relationships between Trenton residents and their local government. There are several members of the City Council that have been elected to represent the people of Trenton, including George Saultz III, Robin Vaughn, Marge Caldwell-Wilson, Jerell Blakeley, At-Large Member Phyllis Holly-Ward and At-Large member Santiago Rodriguez. These individuals work together to make decisions that affect Trenton residents. Recently the City Council passed an ordinance to raise the minimum wage for city workers from $11 to $15 per hour. This is just one example of how local politics can have a direct impact on people's lives in Trenton.
The political climate in Zip 08629 (Trenton, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Mercer County, NJ is very liberal. In Mercer County, NJ 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.1%.
Mercer county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08629 (Trenton, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Trenton, New Jersey is strongly liberal.
Mercer County, New Jersey is very liberal.
Trenton-Princeton Metro Area is very 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.
Trenton, 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 08629 (Trenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $7,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)