West Orange, NJ is a bustling township located in Essex County. It is home to several major institutions like the Indian Trail Club, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, and Turtle Back Zoo. Politically, it is part of New Jersey's 11th Congressional District and its state legislative district is the 34th Legislative District. West Orange has been represented by Democrat Mikie Sherrill in Congress since 2018 and Democrat John McKeon in the state legislature since 1998. West Orange is also governed by an elected Mayor and a nine-member Township Council who serve four-year terms on a rotating basis. The Mayor and Council have focused their attention on maintaining infrastructure while promoting redevelopment projects to bring more commercial businesses into the area. With its proximity to New York City, West Orange has seen a population growth over the years and continues to remain active politically as it works towards progress for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 07052 (West Orange, NJ) is strongly 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
Zip 07052 (West Orange, NJ) is strongly liberal.
West Orange, New Jersey is strongly 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.
West Orange, 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 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 zip 07052 (West Orange)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,683 contributions totaling $987,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 550 contributions totaling $969,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,763 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)