Lopatcong Overlook, NJ is a small suburban municipality in Warren County. It is known for its quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Politically, the town has been strongly Republican since its founding in the late 19th century. In recent years, the Republican party has maintained an uncontested majority in the Lopatcong Overlook Board of Alderman and other local offices. The village also sends several representatives to the county level legislature, where Republicans remain dominant as well. Despite this, some residents of Lopatcong Overlook have started to become more politically active by participating in local elections and voicing their opinions on key issues faced by the village. As a result, there have been some signs of a shift away from traditional Republican dominance and towards greater political diversity within the town’s leadership.
The political climate in Lopatcong Overlook, NJ is somewhat 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
Lopatcong Overlook, NJ is somewhat 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.
Lopatcong Overlook, 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 Lopatcong Overlook, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $18,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $5,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)