Independence, NJ is a small town located in Monmouth County. The town has a long history of political involvement in local issues and the larger county-wide initiatives. Independence residents are actively engaged in their government and take part in local elections to determine who will represent them on the municipal, county, state and federal levels. In recent years, there have been a number of contentious topics debated in Independence including taxes, zoning regulations, budgeting, public safety and infrastructure projects. Local candidates for office often discuss these issues during campaigns and hold events to connect with voters. With the upcoming election season just around the corner, many citizens of Independence are taking an active interest in the decision-making process of their government.
The political climate in Independence, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Independence, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Independence, New Jersey: R R R R R R
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 Independence, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,277 contributions totaling $194,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 661 contributions totaling $151,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)