The politics of 07060 Plainfield, NJ are heavily influenced by the city's diverse population. As of 2019, the population was 50,737 people and is largely split between African Americans, Hispanic/Latino individuals, and Caucasians. The local political candidates in 07060 Plainfield are highly varied and focus on issues that are of importance to the city’s residents. Candidates often look to promote initiatives to improve public safety, reduce crime and strengthen schools. Additionally, candidates advocate for economic growth and responsible taxation systems while ensuring services are provided efficiently to the citizens of the city. Issues such as income inequality, access to health care and education reform also remain important topics for discussion among local politicians.
The political climate in Zip 07060 (Plainfield, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Union County, NJ is very liberal. In Union County, NJ 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Union county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07060 (Plainfield, NJ) is strongly liberal.
Plainfield, New Jersey is strongly liberal.
Union 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.
Plainfield, 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 07060 (Plainfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,328 contributions totaling $93,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $15,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)