Morristown, New Jersey is a vibrant and diverse town that prides itself on its rich history and culture. It boasts a thriving community of locals, businesses, and organizations all dedicated to making the town a better place for everyone. Politically, Morristown has long been viewed as fairly progressive with a mix of Democratic and Republican voters. Although there are no local political candidates at this time, residents of Morristown can still make their voices heard by voting in national elections and shaping policy through the legislative process. In addition to participating in democracy, citizens can also get involved by attending public meetings or becoming active members of civic organizations like the Morristown Community Coalition. Through these opportunities for engagement, Morristown's citizens play an important role in ensuring that their town remains one of the most desirable places to live in NJ.
The political climate in Morristown, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Morris County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Morris County, NJ 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 46.9%.
Morris county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morristown, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Morris County, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
Morristown, New Jersey: R R r R r 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 Morristown, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,560 contributions totaling $2,227,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,378 contributions totaling $1,260,374 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $915 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)