Dover, NJ, a borough located within Morris County, is an area of great political diversity. The local government is headed by an elected mayor and five council members who serve four-year terms. Local elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every odd numbered year. All registered voters in the town of Dover have the right to participate in these elections and to voice their opinion on who should lead their town. The current mayor of Dover is James P. Dodd who was elected in 2018 and has been serving since then. There are also several local political candidates running for office, all vying for the chance to be directly involved in leading the town of Dover into a prosperous future.
The political climate in Zip 07801 (Dover, 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 07801 (Dover, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Dover, 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.
Dover, 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 07801 (Dover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 411 contributions totaling $12,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)