Essex Fells, NJ is a small town located in Essex County and is known for its quaint suburban atmosphere. It is also home to many active and engaged local residents who are involved in the political process of their community. Currently, the Mayor of Essex Fells is Robert Garcia, who was elected in 2017 and has held various positions within the local government since 2001. The Borough Council consists of six members, three of which are elected each year to serve three-year terms. Additionally, the town has representation at the county level by Essex County Freeholder Patricia Sebold, who serves as a liaison between the local government and state representatives. The citizens of Essex Fells are very passionate about local politics and have held numerous meetings with their representatives to discuss issues that directly affect their community.
The political climate in Essex Fells, NJ is moderately 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
Essex Fells, NJ is moderately 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.
Essex Fells, 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 Essex Fells, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,604 contributions totaling $1,217,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $338 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 509 contributions totaling $451,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $888 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)