Clark, NJ is a small municipality in Union County, New Jersey. It is an affluent community with a population of about 15,000 people. The township is governed by a three-member Township Committee that serves as the legislative branch of the local government. Each member of the committee is elected at-large to a four-year term and has the power to introduce and vote on ordinances and resolutions. The Mayor serves as Chairman of the Committee while two other members serve as Vice Chairman and Secretary. They are responsible for appointing department heads, administering municipal services such as police and fire protection, managing public works projects, and setting policy for the town's development. There are also several elected offices in Clark such as Tax Assessor, Freeholder-at-Large, Municipal Court Judge, Surrogate Judge, Constable and several Board Members who oversee specific functions such as Housing Authority or Recreation Commission. Local elections are held every two years when residents can select different political candidates to represent their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Clark, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union County, NJ is very liberal. In Union County, NJ 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Union county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clark, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union 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.
Clark, 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 Clark, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $22,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $42,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)