Morris County, NJ Voting


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Morris County, NJ is home to a vibrant and diverse political landscape. Politically, the county is represented by different officials at all levels of government in both major parties. On the federal level, Morris County is part of New Jersey's 11th Congressional District, which includes all or parts of Bergen, Essex, Passiac, and Hudson counties. The 11th District is currently represented by Democrat Mikie Sherrill. On the state level, Morris County is split between two senate districts and four assembly districts. At the local level there are municipalities that provide public services like police, fire protection, and public works. Each municipality has their own mayor and governing body comprised of council members elected by the public. As such, there are many local elections throughout Morris County on any given year involving different candidates from both major parties vying for office and support from constituents.

The political climate in 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 County, NJ 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, 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 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 Morris County, NJ

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39,166 contributions totaling $7,406,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 8,743 contributions totaling $6,175,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $706 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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