Newton, NJ is a small community located in Sussex County. Despite its size, Newton has an active and passionate political landscape. The town is governed by a 5-member Town Council that is elected for three-year terms. The Mayor of Newton serves a four-year term and is also elected by the citizens of the town. In addition, Newton residents are able to vote for candidates running for local, state and national offices who represent their interests and values. With several successful political initiatives over the years, citizens of Newton have worked together to create positive changes that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Newton, NJ is leaning 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
Newton, NJ is leaning 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.
Newton, 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 Newton, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 830 contributions totaling $338,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $100,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)