East Newark, NJ is a small, diverse community located in Hudson County. The local politics of East Newark are strongly rooted in the community’s commitment to social justice and progressive ideals. Local officials strive to ensure that all of the town’s residents have access to quality education, health care services, and economic opportunities. In recent years, East Newark has seen an increase in civic engagement, with citizens coming together to support numerous candidates for office who share their values and goals for the future of the town. Local elections are held on a regular basis with candidates actively campaigning for their positions and engaging with the community to demonstrate their commitment to service. With this renewed enthusiasm for civic participation, it is certain that East Newark will continue to be an example of positive political engagement and progress for years to come.
The political climate in East Newark, NJ is very liberal.
Hudson County, NJ is very liberal. In Hudson County, NJ 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.2%.
Hudson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Newark, NJ is very liberal.
Hudson 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.
East 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 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 East Newark, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $33,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $2,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)