The city of Maplewood, NJ (07040) is home to a vibrant political system that offers its residents the opportunity to have their voices heard. The city is represented by elected officials in local, state and federal government. At the local level, the Mayor, Township Committee members and Board of Education trustees are voted into office by registered voters in the area. These representatives listen to public input on important issues such as taxes, development projects and recreational facilities. At the state level, Maplewood has two Assembly representatives and one Senator from New Jersey’s 21st Legislative District who work to pass laws for all citizens of the state. On the national level, Maplewood has one Representative in Congress from New Jersey’s 10th Congressional district who works with other officials to represent citizens at a federal level and pass laws that affect all Americans. All of these local, state and federal representatives are focused on creating a better future for Maplewood residents through their advocacy work.
The political climate in Zip 07040 (Maplewood, NJ) is strongly 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 07040 (Maplewood, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Maplewood, New Jersey is strongly 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.
Maplewood, 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 07040 (Maplewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,991 contributions totaling $949,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $88,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)