Vernon Center, NJ is a small town with a population of about 4,000 people. It is located in Sussex County and is part of the New Jersey Legislature's 24th district. The town has its own local government that consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected by the citizens of Vernon Center. They are responsible for setting policies and ordinances on issues such as taxation, public safety, health care, education, infrastructure improvement and other matters that affect the community. At the state level, residents of Vernon Center are represented by one senator and two assembly members in the New Jersey State Legislature. In terms of federal politics, residents of Vernon Center are represented by one U.S Congress member in the House of Representatives. Overall, Vernon Center is very involved in local politics with citizens actively participating in their government to ensure that their needs are being met.
The political climate in Vernon Center, NJ is leaning 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
Vernon Center, NJ is leaning 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.
Vernon Center, 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 Vernon Center, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $7,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)