The 07108 Newark, NJ area is an incredibly diverse and vibrant community. It has a rich history of political involvement, from the local activist movements pushing back against displacement in the 1970s to the recent 2018-19 mayoral campaigns that mobilized voters around issues like criminal justice reform and economic support for residents. The city of Newark is run by a Mayor and nine Councilmembers, who are all elected by the citizens of Newark. There is also a Municipal Court Administrator appointed by the Mayor. The current Mayor of Newark is Ras Baraka, who was just re-elected in 2020 with 63% of the vote. This overwhelming mandate from voters shows their strong commitment to his leadership and platform for positive change in Newark. His focus on improving public safety, investing in infrastructure projects, promoting economic development and creating jobs will no doubt continue to bring about progress for everyone living in 07108 Newark, NJ.
The political climate in Zip 07108 (Newark, NJ) is very liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07108 (Newark, NJ) is very liberal.
Newark, New Jersey is very liberal.
Essex County, New Jersey is very 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.
Newark, 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 07108 (Newark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $7,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)