The politics in 07090 Westfield, NJ are largely dominated by the local Democratic party. The town is represented in the New Jersey State Legislature by Senator Tom Kean Jr. and Assemblyman Jon Bramnick. As well, Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz represents District 21 which includes Westfield. On the local level, the mayor is Shelley Brindle and she is supported by a five-member Township Council that works to pass ordinances to improve the quality of life for all residents. Residents of Westfield have many opportunities to get involved in their local government like attending council meetings or volunteering with local committees. The town also has an active political scene with regular community events and rallies held throughout the year to voice opinions on key issues facing Westfield today.
The political climate in Zip 07090 (Westfield, 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 07090 (Westfield, NJ) is moderately liberal.
Westfield, 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.
Westfield, 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 07090 (Westfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,526 contributions totaling $1,140,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 837 contributions totaling $473,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)