The politics of Mountainside, New Jersey are largely determined by local residents. The town is represented in the New Jersey Legislature by one senator and two assemblymen, who work hard to ensure that the needs of the community are heard in Trenton. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous organizations dedicated to advocating on behalf of the people of Mountainside. Businesses, civic groups, environmental organizations, and other entities all contribute their time and energy to improving life in this vibrant community. With an engaged population that takes its civic duties seriously, Citizens of Mountainside can be sure their voices will be heard when it comes to important political decisions.
The political climate in Mountainside, 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
Mountainside, 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.
Mountainside, 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 Mountainside, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $116,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $31,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)