East Hanover, NJ is a township in Morris County with a rich history of local politics. The town has a mayor-council form of government which includes five council members and three committees. The Mayor serves as the chief executive officer and is elected for a four-year term. The Town Council is responsible for creating ordinances, adopting budgets, approving contracts, and exercising regulatory authority over local issues. Residents are actively involved in local politics through elections and town meetings held throughout the year. The political landscape in East Hanover is heavily influenced by local issues such as public safety, economic development, education, and environmental initiatives. It is an engaged community that values involvement from its citizens when it comes to making decisions about what’s best for the town as a whole.
The political climate in East Hanover, 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
East Hanover, 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.
East Hanover, 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 East Hanover, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $56,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $87,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $455 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)