Kearny, New Jersey is a town in Hudson County. Although it is relatively small, with a population of around 40,000 people, its politics are quite active and powerful. The town elects a Mayor and Council every four years to serve as the governing body of Kearny. In addition to this, citizens also have the opportunity to vote on important local initiatives such as budget allocations and tax levies. This has enabled Kearny to focus its efforts on public projects such as street pavement repairs and even library renovations. As a result, Kearny has been able to maintain its status as one of the most livable towns in the entire state of New Jersey despite its small size.
The political climate in Zip 07032 (Kearny, 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 07032 (Kearny, NJ) is very liberal.
Kearny, 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.
Kearny, 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 07032 (Kearny)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $100,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $10,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)