Politics in 07901 Summit, NJ are an important part of life for the people who live here. The town is represented in the state legislature by two members of the New Jersey General Assembly and a member of the Senate. At the local level, Summit has several council members who are elected to represent their constituents and a mayor elected at-large every four years. Decisions made by these representatives affect all aspects of life in Summit, from taxes to infrastructure development and more. As such, it is important for residents to stay informed about what is happening politically in their community. It is also important for residents to vote and make their voices heard on issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 07901 (Summit, NJ) is moderately 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 07901 (Summit, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Summit, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Summit, 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 07901 (Summit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,495 contributions totaling $1,792,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,148 contributions totaling $2,460,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)