South Orange Village, NJ is a vibrant and diverse community with a rich history of political activity. It has been home to numerous civic organizations, political clubs, and grassroots efforts over the years. The town has had strong local representation in the New Jersey state legislature for many years, as well as long-serving members of Congress. In recent years, South Orange Village has seen a surge in progressive politics and activism. Residents organized around issues like gun control, environmental protection, civil rights, and economic equality. There have also been initiatives to reduce poverty and promote economic justice in the area. Local political candidates often focus on these issues, although they may also focus on traditional conservative causes or more progressive stances depending upon their own values and agendas.
The political climate in South Orange Village, NJ is moderately liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Orange Village, NJ is moderately liberal.
Essex 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.
South Orange Village, 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 South Orange Village, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,037 contributions totaling $1,839,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 475 contributions totaling $142,701 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)