Orange, NJ is located in Essex County and is a historically diverse city with a population of approximately 30,000 residents. Politically speaking, Orange has traditionally been seen as a Democratic stronghold with the local City Council and Mayor all representing one party. The current mayor of Orange is Dwayne D. Warren who was elected in 2014 and has been praised for his focus on community engagement and youth development initiatives. He is running for re-election this year alongside several other local candidates who also bring experience and enthusiasm to the table. Despite the majority Democratic representation in Orange, there is still a large Republican constituency in town that can be seen through participation in local elections and organizations such as the Orange Republican Club.
The political climate in Zip 07050 (Orange, 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 07050 (Orange, NJ) is very liberal.
Orange, 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.
Orange, 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 07050 (Orange)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,101 contributions totaling $76,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)