Mendham Borough is a small, rural community located in New Jersey. It is known for its rolling hills and open space, as well as its tight-knit community of residents. The town's politics are overseen by the Mendham Borough Council, which consists of six members who are elected by citizens of the town on a four-year basis. Additionally, several committees oversee different areas such as finance, law enforcement, public works, parks and recreation, and library services. All decisions made by these committees must be approved by the council before they can become reality. In addition to the council meetings that occur bi-monthly, there are also special meetings and public hearings that allow citizens to have their voices heard about important matters within the borough. Mendham Borough prides itself on its democratic system and encourages citizens to get involved in local government whenever possible.
The political climate in Mendham borough, 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
Mendham borough, 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.
Mendham borough, 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 Mendham borough, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,433 contributions totaling $423,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 640 contributions totaling $856,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)