Pompton Lakes is a town in Passaic County, New Jersey. The politics of the city are primarily centered around local elections and initiatives. The mayor of the town is John A. Coyle, who was elected to a four-year term in 2020. There are several town council members that make decisions on behalf of their constituents. These council members are responsible for creating budgets and policies that help keep Pompton Lakes running smoothly. Local initiatives are typically organized by community members to bring attention to important issues such as education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. Political candidates in Pompton Lakes often come from the same party and have similar views on how to improve their community.
The political climate in Pompton Lakes, NJ is leaning liberal.
Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pompton Lakes, NJ is leaning liberal.
Passaic County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey: D D D D D 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 Pompton Lakes, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 351 contributions totaling $19,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $9,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)