Camden, NJ is a city located in Camden County that has been facing some tough political issues. Its political landscape has been mainly shaped by the Democratic Party in recent years, which plays an important role in local government. Recently, Democrats have held both the mayor鈥檚 office and a majority of seats on the city council. The Mayor since 2016 has been Francisco \"Frank\" Moran who was elected with a strong mandate to tackle problems such as poverty, crime and unemployment. Despite this, Camden still faces many challenges and continued investment is needed from state and local governments to ensure sustainable growth. Issues like education reform, job creation and access to health care remain urgent priorities for local politicians. As part of their plans to address these issues, the current administration has been working with county officials as well as state and federal agencies to promote economic development and make life better for its citizens.
The political climate in Camden, NJ is very 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
Camden, NJ is very 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.
Camden, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Camden, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,638 contributions totaling $147,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $27,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)