Kinnelon, NJ is a small suburban town nestled in the foothills of New Jersey's Ramapo Mountains. It is a peaceful community with a strong sense of pride for its heritage and accomplishments. Despite its small size, Kinnelon has an active local government with several borough councils and boards working together to make decisions on issues affecting the community. Important topics discussed at these meetings include public safety, infrastructure improvements, budgeting, land use, recreation programs, and more. The citizens of Kinnelon also elect representatives to the County Executive Board who are responsible for matters concerning the entire county. With the help of these leaders and their dedication to making this place even better than it already is, Kinnelon continues to be an incredibly desirable place to live in New Jersey.
The political climate in Kinnelon, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Morris County, NJ 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 46.9%.
Morris county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kinnelon, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Kinnelon, New Jersey: R R r R r 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 Kinnelon, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,997 contributions totaling $646,882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 387 contributions totaling $100,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)