The politics of Rockaway, New Jersey, are shaped by the local government and its leaders. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with the mayor being elected directly by the voters. The council is made up of five members each representing their own district. The current mayor is Michael Dachisen, who was first elected in 2013 and is currently serving his second term. Each year the mayor and council strive to bring forth initiatives that will benefit the community and help to maintain its quality of life. There are also many organizations in Rockaway working on behalf of its citizens to advocate for change at both the state and national level. These groups include environmental protection groups, educational associations, immigrant rights activists, and other civic minded organizations that serve to protect the rights of all residents.
The political climate in Rockaway township, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, NJ is leaning liberal. In Morris County, NJ 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 46.9%.
Morris county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockaway township, NJ is leaning conservative.
Morris County, New Jersey is leaning 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.
Rockaway township, New Jersey: R R r R r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Rockaway township, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,627 contributions totaling $610,258 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,800 contributions totaling $489,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)