Morris Plains is a borough located in Morris County, New Jersey. It is a small suburban town with an estimated population of 5,213 according to the 2010 United States Census. As part of New Jersey's legislative body, Morris Plains is represented by the 25th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly and by Senators Anthony Bucco and Kristin Corrado in the State Senate. The elected mayor of Morris Plains is Frank Druetzler, who has been in office since 2017. The town operates under a Mayor-Council form of government, where council members are elected by citizens at large for three-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. In addition to the mayor and council members, various boards are appointed by the town council to manage specific areas including planning board and zoning board of adjustment. Together, these officials work to ensure that Morris Plains remains a desirable place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Morris Plains, 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
Morris Plains, 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.
Morris Plains, 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 Morris Plains, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,693 contributions totaling $117,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $82,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)