The politics in 07306 Jersey City, NJ has historically been a diverse and dynamic landscape. The city is part of Hudson County, one of the more populous counties in the state, and often serves as a bellwether for larger statewide issues. Currently, Jersey City is governed by Mayor Steven Fulop and his administration. In addition to local mayoral elections, citizens also vote in Hudson County Freeholder elections which are held every two years. The county freeholders serve as the governing body for the county and are responsible for developing policy on public safety, transportation, development, and other services. As a whole, residents of 07306 Jersey City value their voice in their local political process and strive to remain informed about important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 07306 (Jersey City, NJ) is very liberal.
Hudson County, NJ is very liberal. In Hudson County, NJ 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.2%.
Hudson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07306 (Jersey City, NJ) is very liberal.
Jersey City, New Jersey is very liberal.
Hudson 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.
Jersey City, 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 07306 (Jersey City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,341 contributions totaling $140,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $36,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)