Florham Park, NJ is a small borough located in Morris County, NJ. It is home to 11,136 people and boasts a diverse array of businesses, restaurants, and recreational activities. On the political front, Florham Park has a Council-Manager form of government consisting of an elected Mayor and four Council members who are elected at large. The mayor and council are responsible for setting policy direction and passing local laws. The day-to-day operations are overseen by the Borough Manager appointed by the Mayor and Council. The current mayor of Florham Park is Mark Taylor, who was elected in 2020. Currently serving on the Borough Council are Joan Joyce Marcus as Deputy Mayor; Michael Perillo; Shilpa Shah; and William Giordano Jr.. Residents can attend local government meetings to stay informed about policy decisions affecting their community or voice their opinions on important issues.
The political climate in Florham Park, NJ is leaning liberal.
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
Florham Park, NJ is leaning liberal.
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.
Florham Park, 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 Florham Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,695 contributions totaling $2,828,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,247 contributions totaling $1,709,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $761 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)