The Township of Scotch Plains, New Jersey is a small borough located in Union County. Despite its small size, Scotch Plains has an active political atmosphere. Residents are encouraged to stay up-to-date on local politics and get involved in the community by attending local meetings and voting in elections. The Scotch Plains Council consists of three members who are elected for three-year terms, as well as a mayor who is elected for four-year terms. Additionally, Scotch Plains sends representatives to the state and federal government, providing residents with access to resources that can help them remain informed about current political affairs. Voters and residents alike can trust that their voices are being heard by their local representatives.
The political climate in Scotch Plains, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union County, NJ is very liberal. In Union County, NJ 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Union county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scotch Plains, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union County, New Jersey is very 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.
Scotch Plains, 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 Scotch Plains, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,466 contributions totaling $1,483,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,253 contributions totaling $598,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)