Hackettstown, NJ is a small town located in Warren County. Although the area is predominantly rural, it still has a rich political history. The town is governed by a Mayor and six Council Members who are elected at-large and serve staggered four-year terms. The mayor serves a four year term while the council members serve two year terms. Hackettstown also has its own school district, which provides educational opportunities for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Additionally, the town is represented by state legislators from both the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly. The representatives from these bodies are responsible for making sure that Hackettstown's concerns are addressed on the state level. In addition to legislative representation, Hackettstown also has an active local party system with several major parties operating within it. This helps ensure that all voices in the community are heard when important issues come up for consideration.
The political climate in Hackettstown, NJ is leaning conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hackettstown, NJ is leaning conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Hackettstown, 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 Hackettstown, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,076 contributions totaling $87,933 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $68,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)