Livingston, NJ is a small town located in Essex County, New Jersey with a population of over 29,000 people. It is known for its quiet suburban neighborhoods and highly rated public schools. Politically, Livingston has been represented at the local level by members of both major parties. Currently, Mayor Shawn Klein is from the Democratic Party and his team consists of Township Council Members Al Anthony, Randal Gray, Michael Silverman and Deputy Mayor Michael Vieira. These elected representatives are responsible for making decisions about local issues such as taxes, zoning regulations, infrastructure projects and economic development initiatives. The teams also engage with community stakeholders to ensure that the needs of the residents are heard and addressed. Additionally, Livingston has an active political scene with volunteer groups such as the Livingston Democrats and Livingston Republicans helping to promote their respective parties’ platforms throughout the community.
The political climate in Livingston, NJ is moderately liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Livingston, NJ is moderately liberal.
Essex 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.
Livingston, 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 Livingston, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,854 contributions totaling $2,385,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,113 contributions totaling $1,516,439 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)