Mount Arlington, NJ is a small town located in Morris County. Despite its size, it has an active political scene that impacts the daily lives of its citizens. The local government is run by an elected mayor and six borough council members who serve three-year terms. They work together to ensure the safety and well-being of the town's residents and businesses. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure upkeep, and public school funding are all discussed at Borough Council meetings. Furthermore, elections are held for residents to vote on local initiatives or amend past laws. This allows citizens to have their voices heard within the community and take part in shaping how Mount Arlington is run.
The political climate in Mount Arlington, 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
Mount Arlington, 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.
Mount Arlington, 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 Mount Arlington, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 469 contributions totaling $17,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $16,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)