Sussex County, NJ is an area with strong political interest and activity. The county holds a variety of races for local offices such as Sheriff, Freeholder, and Municipal Council. Elections are typically held bi-annually in November of even-numbered years. Local candidates often run on platforms that focus on the issues that directly affect the residents of Sussex County, such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and public safety. Voters have the opportunity to research candidates to understand their positions on important topics before casting their ballots. All registered voters in Sussex County are encouraged to participate in elections and take an active role in their local government.
The political climate in Sussex County, NJ is moderately conservative.
In Sussex County, NJ 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.0%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sussex County, NJ is moderately conservative.
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.
Sussex, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Sussex County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,183 contributions totaling $592,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,497 contributions totaling $338,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)