Rockaway Borough, NJ is a small township located in a rural corner of Morris County. It is home to a diverse population and has a strong sense of community pride. Politically, the borough leans Democratic, with local elections often being contested between two candidates from the Democratic party. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in voter registration as more residents become engaged in local politics. Many candidates have focused on issues such as education reform and economic development, working to benefit the residents of Rockaway Borough. Civic engagement is high with citizens speaking up about important issues such as taxes and public safety. Rockaway Borough's small-town atmosphere provides plenty of opportunity for residents to become involved in their local politics and create positive change in their community.
The political climate in Rockaway borough, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Rockaway borough, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Rockaway 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 Rockaway borough, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 951 contributions totaling $69,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 286 contributions totaling $75,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)