Westfield, NJ is a small town located in Union County with a population of about 30,000 people. The local government consists of an elected mayor and seven council members who represent the citizens of Westfield. Each year, four of the seven council members are up for re-election, allowing for a fresh look and perspective within the local government. As part of this election process, there are numerous political candidates from both major parties who compete to represent Westfield on the local level. These candidates all bring different ideas and perspectives to the table and seek to make positive changes to the town that will benefit its citizens. Residents can get informed about these candidates by attending public forums or reading their respective campaign websites as each candidate seeks to outline their positions on various issues facing Westfield today.
The political climate in Westfield, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union County, NJ is very liberal. In Union County, NJ 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Union county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westfield, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Union 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.
Westfield, 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 Westfield, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,947 contributions totaling $1,257,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,020 contributions totaling $504,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)