West Orange, NJ is a vibrant community with a diverse political landscape. Local politics are shaped by the diverse interests of the town’s residents, which include single-family homeowners, professionals, and business owners. Political candidates often focus on issues related to public safety, local infrastructure improvements, education reform, and economic development initiatives. The town also pays close attention to state and national issues such as healthcare accessibility, job growth opportunities, immigration reform, and environmental protection. In West Orange, there are many different candidates for local offices who bring their unique perspectives to the table and work hard to make sure the town’s citizens are represented in government.
The political climate in West Orange, 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
West Orange, 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.
West Orange, 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 West Orange, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,784 contributions totaling $1,063,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 565 contributions totaling $975,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)