Irvington, NJ (07111) has a strong political presence, and is home to many civic-minded volunteers and activists. In addition to being represented in the New Jersey State Legislature by Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin and Senator Teresa Ruiz in the 29th Legislative District, Irvington residents also have representation in the federal government from Congressman Donald Payne Jr. in the 10th Congressional district. Irvington residents have access to multiple local political groups, such as NAACP Irvington Branch 1802, which provides advocacy for civil rights and economic development in the diverse community. Additionally, many local candidates run for office each year at the county and state levels. Although there is no single political party that dominates this region, Democrats overwhelmingly control both the state legislature and Congress representing Irvington’s interests.
The political climate in Zip 07111 (Irvington, NJ) is very liberal.
Essex County, NJ is very liberal. In Essex County, NJ 77.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.1% to 21.8%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07111 (Irvington, NJ) is very liberal.
Irvington, New Jersey is very liberal.
Essex County, New Jersey is very 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.
Irvington, New Jersey: D D 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 07111 (Irvington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $38,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)