Sandyston, NJ is an active community in terms of local politics. Located in Sussex County, Sandyston has a variety of candidates involved in local elections each year. Candidates come from all political backgrounds, representing different parties and positions on the issues that matter to their constituents. The current mayor is Bob Smith, who was elected in 2018 and is up for re-election this year. Other candidates for local offices include Chris Williams, a Democrat running for school board member and Joe Wilson, a Republican running for county commissioner. These are just two examples of the diverse array of political hopefuls from Sandyston that seek to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors and lead the community towards progress.
The political climate in Sandyston, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Sussex County, NJ 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.0%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandyston, NJ is moderately conservative.
Sussex County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Sandyston, 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 Sandyston, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 335 contributions totaling $28,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $13,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)