Warren County is located in the northwest region of New Jersey and is considered to be a rural county. The county has several townships, boroughs, and cities with each having its own governing body. At the highest level of government representation for Warren County is the Board of Chosen Freeholders which consists of nine members who are elected to serve three-year terms and represent their constituents. The current Freeholder Director is Edward Smith. There are also two State Senators, Mike Doherty and Steve Oroho, who represent Warren County in the New Jersey Senate. Additionally there are multiple representatives in the New Jersey General Assembly from Warren County who work to ensure that legislation passed by the Senate reflects and respects the views of those living in Warren County. Within the municipalities, local political candidates compete for seats on various boards ranging from school boards to town councils, allowing residents to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives directly.
The political climate in 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
Warren County, NJ 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.
Warren, 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 Warren County, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,972 contributions totaling $259,924 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,103 contributions totaling $242,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)