The small town of Wharton, NJ, located in Morris county with zip code 07885 is represented by local politicians at the municipal level. At the state level, Wharton is represented by Senator Joe Pennacchio and Assemblyman Anthony Bucco in the New Jersey Legislature. At the national level, Congressman Leonard Lance represents Wharton in the United States House of Representatives. The local politics of Wharton are largely centered around issues relating to public safety, education, and economic development. Leaders in this community have worked diligently to make sure that residents receive their fair share of resources from the federal and state government so they can live productive and safe lives. The local elected officials have also worked hard to find ways to bring new business into the town to help stimulate its economy and create jobs for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 07885 (Wharton, 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 07885 (Wharton, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Wharton, 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.
Wharton, 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 07885 (Wharton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 937 contributions totaling $46,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $20,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)