Hardyston, NJ is a small town located in Sussex County. It has a strong history of civic engagement and local politics. The towns citizens are active and informed about the issues that affect their community. Local candidates running for office spend time talking to their constituents and hosting public forums so they can learn more about the people they wish to represent. All elected officials strive to ensure the town is well managed and all residents are provided with quality services. Hardyston residents take pride in their town and are involved in making it a better place to live.
The political climate in Hardyston, 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
Hardyston, 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.
Hardyston, 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 Hardyston, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 530 contributions totaling $32,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $27,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)