Upper Montclair, NJ is an affluent and attractive neighborhood in Essex County. Here, the politics are often characterized by strong civic engagement and a deep commitment to local issues. Residents here are vocal about their concerns and take an active role in their local government. The governing body is made up of a Mayor, six Council Members, and a professional municipal staff that works hard to ensure Upper Montclair remains an excellent place to live. Local elections feature heated debates about the future of the community, as well as issues such as taxes, education funding, public safety and more. Candidates often have long histories of involvement in the community and deep roots to Upper Montclair itself. This passionate engagement ensures that those elected are well-equipped to do what's best for the area.
The political climate in Upper Montclair, 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
Upper Montclair, 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.
Upper Montclair, 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 Upper Montclair, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,626 contributions totaling $4,138,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 883 contributions totaling $369,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $419 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)