Brainards, NJ is a small borough in the state of New Jersey. It has a vibrant political culture and many local initiatives. In Brainards, citizens have the opportunity to get involved in their local government by attending meetings or voting in elections. For instance, there have been several campaigns held for mayor and council members over the last few years. Additionally, studies show that residents of Brainards are passionate about their local candidates and take part in every election cycle. Local issues affecting the community are discussed at town hall meetings and active participation is encouraged by all members of the community. The people of Brainards care deeply about their home and take pride in engaging with their local politics.
The political climate in Brainards, NJ is moderately conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brainards, NJ is moderately conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Brainards, New Jersey: R R R R R R
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 Brainards, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 641 contributions totaling $47,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $61,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)