The politics in the 07114 Newark, NJ area are complex and multifaceted. Due to its diverse population, this area of Newark is home to a variety of political opinions and ideologies. This has resulted in an active political scene, with a number of local and state government organizations having a presence in the area. Among them are the Newark City Council and Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The City Council deals with matters that affect Newark residents such as budgeting, public safety initiatives, street improvement projects, infrastructure repairs, and much more. The County Board of Chosen Freeholders focuses on budgeting for county services like parks and libraries, public safety programs, economic development initiatives, school funding, and quality of life initiatives. Both organizations have representatives from each ward who serve to ensure that the needs and interests of the community's many stakeholders are met.
The political climate in Zip 07114 (Newark, 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 07114 (Newark, NJ) is very liberal.
Newark, 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.
Newark, 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 07114 (Newark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $21,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)