The town of Budd Lake, NJ, located in 07828 is a quiet and peaceful community. It is primarily made up of residential neighborhoods and small businesses, and its population is just over 10 thousand people. The local political landscape in Budd Lake is dominated by the Republican Party, with members of both major parties running for various positions at the state and county level. Local elections tend to be hotly contested, as candidates strive to earn the support of a majority of voters. Issues such as taxes, education reform, job creation and economic development are regularly discussed during campaigns. Budd Lake residents can keep up to date on current political matters by attending town hall meetings or following public figures through online resources.
The political climate in Zip 07828 (Budd Lake, 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 07828 (Budd Lake, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Budd Lake, 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.
Budd Lake, 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 07828 (Budd Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 375 contributions totaling $10,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $9,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)