The small town of Wantage, NJ is located in the northwest corner of New Jersey, and is home to a diverse population. While there are no local political candidates running for office in Wantage, NJ, residents actively participate in politics both locally and nationally. The town often sees high voter turnout, and many residents take part in civic events such as debates, meetings, and rallies. In addition to attending these activities, many community members volunteer their time to organizations that work towards improving not only the town but the state as a whole. With its large population of active citizens, Wantage remains an important hub for local politics.
The political climate in Wantage, 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
Wantage, 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.
Wantage, 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 Wantage, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 985 contributions totaling $45,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $42,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)