Wayne, NJ is a township located in Passaic County. It has a long history of being a politically active community where residents are engaged and involved in the local government. The town has many civic organizations such as the Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Wayne Civic Council which promote public engagement and support the improvement of living standards in the area. There are also numerous political clubs and organizations that work to educate voters about issues that affect their lives. The local politicians running for office include Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and members of other minor parties. They have been campaigning hard to become the representative of their constituents for various positions in government. In addition to elections, there are several forums held throughout the year in Wayne where citizens can discuss issues with their representatives directly.
The political climate in Wayne, 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
Wayne, 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,787 contributions totaling $485,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 576 contributions totaling $348,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $605 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)