Washington, NJ, located in Morris County, is a small town with a population of 2,526 people. Despite its small size, Washington has an active and engaged political climate. Registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats in the town by a ratio of nearly 2:1. There have been several prominent local politicians from Washington over the years including Vice President Garret Hobart who was born and raised in the town. The current mayor is David Higgins and the Town Council consists of six members; three democrats and three republicans. In local elections, residents of 07882 Washington can look forward to choosing officials from both major parties as they get involved in their community's government and civic affairs.
The political climate in Zip 07882 (Washington, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, NJ is moderately conservative. In Warren County, NJ 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 40.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07882 (Washington, NJ) is somewhat conservative.
Washington, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, New Jersey is moderately conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Washington, New Jersey: R R R R R R
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 07882 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 467 contributions totaling $34,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $18,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)