Milford, NJ is a small town located in Hunterdon County. It is known for its rural atmosphere and friendly people. Politically, the town leans Republican, with elected officials generally reflecting those views. The town is served by the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders and is represented in the New Jersey General Assembly by Republicans John DiMaio and Erik Peterson. Milford is also home to numerous local organizations which seek to engage residents in political dialogue and action. These groups often host events such as debates, candidate forums, and voter registration drives to help ensure that citizens are making informed decisions during elections. Additionally, residents can regularly stay up to date on local politics through newspapers or online news sources like The Milford Messenger and The Hunterdon County Democrat.
The political climate in Milford, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milford, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
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.
Milford, 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 Milford, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 543 contributions totaling $35,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $20,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)