Politics in the 07977 Peapack and Gladstone, NJ area are primarily dominated by a two-party system. This is a traditional Republican stronghold with the Republican Party having been traditionally elected to local offices for many years. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing acceptance of Democrats in local politics and they have been more successful in gaining election to office. There are several local political organizations that exist within the 07977 Peapack and Gladstone area that advocates for both Republican and Democratic candidates. These include the Somerset County Republican Committee, Somerset County Democratic Committee, Friends of Conservative Values and the Somerville Tea Party Patriots. The political landscape is constantly changing as new candidates enter the race for mayor, council members or school board positions each year. Local politicians take their responsibilities seriously and strive to ensure that all citizens of 07977 Peapack and Gladstone are represented fairly.
The political climate in Zip 07977 (Peapack and Gladstone, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07977 (Peapack and Gladstone, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Peapack and Gladstone, New Jersey: r r 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 07977 (Peapack and Gladstone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $8,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $17,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $573 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)