Kearny, NJ is a small town located in Hudson County, New Jersey. It has a strong sense of community and is home to many dedicated citizens. Despite its small size, Kearny has an active local politics scene. Community members are engaged in local political activities such as attending council meetings and voting in elections. The current mayor of Kearny is Alberto Santos who was elected in 2019 and re-elected for a second term in 2020. There are also several local political candidates who have declared their plans to run for office in the upcoming 2021 election. These candidates will be vying for seats on the city council or Board of Education. Local residents can participate by attending candidate forums and debates, volunteering with campaigns, and casting their ballots on Election Day.
The political climate in Kearny, NJ is strongly liberal.
Hudson County, NJ is very liberal. In Hudson County, NJ 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.2%.
Hudson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kearny, NJ is strongly liberal.
Hudson 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.
Kearny, 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 Kearny, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $100,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $10,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)