Fanwood, NJ is an interesting town when it comes to politics. The local government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council with five members elected at large. All five members must have been residents of Fanwood for at least one year prior to the election. In addition to the Mayor and the Borough Council, there are several other political offices in Fanwood that are responsible for helping ensure that the town runs smoothly. These include Fire Commissioners, Tax Assessors, and Health Officers, just to name a few. Furthermore, there are several state representatives and senators from this district who work hard to represent their constituents in Trenton. All of these officials strive to keep Fanwood a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Fanwood, 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
Fanwood, 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.
Fanwood, 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 Fanwood, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 555 contributions totaling $47,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $16,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)