Mount Arlington, NJ, is a small borough located in Morris County. The local politics of Mount Arlington are centered around the borough's mayor and six member governing body. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Mount Arlington and serves a four year term. He or she then appoints the council members who serve three year terms. The government in Mount Arlington strives to provide excellent services to its citizens while also promoting economic development in the area. They are actively involved with local boards and committees such as the Shade Tree Commission, Planning Board and Environmental Commission, all of which strive to enhance the quality of life for residents. The governing body works closely with other governmental agencies such as Morris County, state agencies, and federal government offices, to ensure that any projects proposed within the borough get proper approval from all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 07856 (Mount Arlington, 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 07856 (Mount Arlington, NJ) is leaning liberal.
Mount Arlington, 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.
Mount Arlington, 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 07856 (Mount Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 379 contributions totaling $11,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $12,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)