The politics in Chatham Borough, NJ are heavily influenced by the local government and resident's involvement. The governing body of the borough is composed of five members of Borough Council who are elected by the residents. Each council member serves a four-year term of office with elections held every two years. In addition to the Borough Council, there is also an elected Mayor for a four-year term and a Municipal Judge who serve six year terms. Residents are encouraged to get involved in local politics and participate in meetings to ensure their voices are heard. There are multiple opportunities for residents to explore different policy positions and make their opinions known on important issues. Community outreach efforts such as town halls, public forums, and surveys can further engage citizens and ensure local government decisions reflect the needs of its constituents.
The political climate in Chatham borough, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Morris County, NJ 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 46.9%.
Morris county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatham borough, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Chatham borough, New Jersey: R R r R r 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 Chatham borough, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,144 contributions totaling $729,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,073 contributions totaling $1,308,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)