East Orange, NJ is a vibrant city with a strong political presence. It has several prominent local elected officials who represent the people in the areas of education, public safety, health and social services, and other important policy areas. The city's mayor is Ted Green, who was most recently re-elected for his third term. East Orange also includes two representatives in the New Jersey State Assembly: Mila Jasey and Britnee Timberlake. Additionally, there are three representatives in the New Jersey Senate: Ronald Rice, Nia Gill, and Richard Codey. These lawmakers work with both state and local government to ensure that East Orange receives adequate resources and to pass legislation that helps ensure quality of life for citizens. All of these elected officials are committed to providing effective leadership on issues that matter to their constituents.
The political climate in East Orange, NJ is very liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Orange, NJ is very liberal.
Essex 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.
East Orange, 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 East Orange, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,563 contributions totaling $246,865 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $15,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)