The small borough of Chester, NJ is a quiet and friendly community located in Morris County. It has a population of just over 3,000 residents, making it a great place for families to call home. Though it may not be a major political hub, the town is still actively involved in local politics to ensure its citizens have their voices heard on important issues. Every few years, the townspeople cast their votes for candidates running for various offices such as mayor and council members. These elected officials then work diligently to create policies that benefit the entire community and keep Chester safe and prosperous. In addition to elections at the local level, citizens also get involved in regional elections to help shape decisions that affect the state and even the country as a whole.
The political climate in Chester township, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Morris County, NJ 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 46.9%.
Morris county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chester township, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Chester township, New Jersey: R R r R r 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 Chester township, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,132 contributions totaling $907,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,246 contributions totaling $1,024,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $822 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)