The politics in 08091 West Berlin, NJ are unique and diverse. The town is governed by a Mayor-council form of government with a mayor and seven council members, all elected at large to staggered four-year terms. The mayor is the chief executive of the municipality with responsibility for administering and enforcing laws adopted by the council. Each member of the governing body has specific duties related to their position as well as engaging in legislative activities such as introducing ordinances and resolutions for consideration by other members of council, holding public hearings on issues brought before council, voting on matters before council, and more. All decisions regarding policy implementation are made in open meetings that are held at least twice per month which are open to the public. This collaborative approach to governance allows citizens to become involved in local politics in an effort to improve their town.
The political climate in Zip 08091 (West Berlin, 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 08091 (West Berlin, NJ) is moderately liberal.
West Berlin, 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.
West Berlin, 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 08091 (West Berlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $32,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)