Millburn, NJ is a small town in Essex County that is home to an engaged community. Residents of the town are involved in local politics and often take the time to stay informed on current events and policies that affect their lives. Every four years, Millburn locals have the opportunity to vote for representatives in local elections. These candidates represent the people of Millburn and strive to bring change to the community with their voices. Candidates put forth their ideas on how to improve the education system, provide infrastructure improvements, introduce new public services, and enhance overall quality of life for all members of the community. The residents of Millburn take their civic duty seriously and use their votes as a way to make an impact within their hometown.
The political climate in Millburn, 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
Millburn, 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.
Millburn, 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 Millburn, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,149 contributions totaling $6,906,526 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $456 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,635 contributions totaling $5,282,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,005 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)