South Orange, NJ 07079 is a vibrant and diverse community located in Essex County. The town has a rich political history and an active citizenry. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and six Town Council members who serve staggered four-year terms. In South Orange, the Democratic Party holds the majority on the Township Council, but independent and third-party candidates also have registered to run in local elections. As mayor, Sheena Collum works closely with other local politicians to ensure that the interests of the community are represented at all levels of government. South Orange prides itself on its strong sense of civic engagement, and citizens actively participate in town meetings, forums, debates and volunteer activities related to politics.
The political climate in Zip 07079 (South Orange, NJ) is strongly 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 07079 (South Orange, NJ) is strongly liberal.
South Orange, New Jersey is strongly 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.
South 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 07079 (South Orange)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,046 contributions totaling $890,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $53,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)