Lawrence Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey. Politics in the township are important to the local community, as it sets the framework for how local issues and services are addressed. Lawrence Township has a five-member Mayor and Council form of government, with representatives elected at-large in partisan elections for a four-year term. The Mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Township and is responsible for advocating local policies that benefit its citizens. The Council is legislative body that decides on ordinances and resolutions that impact their constituents. Lawrence Township has several local political parties which participate in primaries to select their candidates to run for office. Elections take place every two years, and include races for Mayor, Council President, Council Members, and other positions within the municipality depending on the current governing regulations at the time. Political involvement among residents is encouraged to ensure that everyone鈥檚 needs are being met by those they elect into office.
The political climate in Lawrence township (Mercer County), NJ is moderately 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
Lawrence township (Mercer County), NJ is moderately 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.
Lawrence township (Mercer County), 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 Lawrence township (Mercer County), NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,562 contributions totaling $6,418,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,201 contributions totaling $2,950,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)