Peapack and Gladstone, NJ is a small borough located in Somerset County. Although the borough is relatively small, the political climate is an important part of the community. The local government is made up of elected officials, from the mayor and council members to representatives in the state legislature. As with all municipalities, these officials are tasked with representing the people of Peapack and Gladstone and making decisions that are both fiscally responsible and responsive to their constituents’ needs. Local citizens can participate in politics by attending meetings, voting on ballots, discussing issues with their representatives, or running for office themselves. In addition to municipal politics, Peapack and Gladstone residents also have access to national political conversations through their connections with local campaigns or advocacy groups working to bring attention to certain causes. All in all, it’s clear that politics play an important role in this small New Jersey borough.
The political climate in Peapack and Gladstone, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peapack and Gladstone, NJ is leaning liberal.
Somerset 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.
Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey: r r 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 Peapack and Gladstone, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 552 contributions totaling $387,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $701 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 565 contributions totaling $745,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)