New Vernon, NJ is a small town located in Morris County. It has a population of around 3,000 people and is known for its rural charm. The local politics of New Vernon are largely centered on issues such as land use, infrastructure improvements, and preserving the unique character of the community. The town is led by an elected Mayor and Council who focus on these topics in order to help better the quality of life for residents. In addition to working on local issues, the Council also represents the town's interests at county-level meetings. Major political candidates have not been announced yet for this year's election, but citizens can expect to see a range of ideas presented to them from all sides when the campaigns begin.
The political climate in Zip 07976 (New Vernon, NJ) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 07976 (New Vernon, NJ) is leaning liberal.
New Vernon, New Jersey is leaning liberal.
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.
New Vernon, 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 zip 07976 (New Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $232,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $872 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $289,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $906 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)