Montague, New Jersey is a small town located in Sussex County, nestled in the rolling hills of northern New Jersey. Despite its small size, Montague has an active and engaged political culture. The town elects its own mayor and council members, who are responsible for governing the town and representing their constituents. Local elections are often lively affairs with numerous candidates running for office on diverse platforms that address issues such as taxes, infrastructure development and public safety. The citizens of Montague take politics seriously and work hard to ensure that their chosen candidates will make decisions that will improve the quality of life in the community.
The political climate in Montague, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Sussex County, NJ 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.0%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montague, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
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.
Montague, New Jersey: R R R R R R
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 Montague, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $4,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $2,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)