Crandon Lakes, NJ is a small town located in northern New Jersey near the border of New York. It is known for its picturesque scenery and peaceful suburban atmosphere. Politically, the town is part of the 4th Congressional District of New Jersey. Currently, that spot is occupied by Christopher H. Smith, a Republican from Hamilton Township, NJ who has served since 1981. At the state level, Crandon Lakes is currently represented by Senator Nellie Pou and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly who are both Democrats from Paterson, NJ. Locally, the town is governed by a nonpartisan mayor-council form of government where residents vote on a mayor and six council members every four years. This allows for representation of different viewpoints while also avoiding partisanship at the local level. Residents of Crandon Lakes enjoy having their voices heard and being able to make decisions that directly affect their community.
The political climate in Crandon Lakes, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Sussex County, NJ 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.0%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crandon Lakes, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
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.
Crandon Lakes, 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 Crandon Lakes, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,660 contributions totaling $677,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 532 contributions totaling $201,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)