The politics of 07310 Jersey City, NJ are an important part of the city's history and culture. The area is currently represented in Congress by Albio Sires, a Democrat, who was first elected to office in 2006. At the state level, the district is represented by Senator Sandra Cunningham and Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, both Democrats. Locally, the mayor of Jersey City is Steven Fulop, a Democrat who took office in 2013. In addition to Mayor Fulop, there is a nine member city council representing different wards throughout Jersey City. The council holds regular meetings to discuss local issues that affect the citizens of Jersey City. The community takes an active role in local politics and engages on topics like public safety, education and economic development. All residents are encouraged to participate in the political process by attending city council meetings or running for public office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 07310 (Jersey City, NJ) is very liberal.
Hudson County, NJ is very liberal. In Hudson County, NJ 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 26.2%.
Hudson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07310 (Jersey City, NJ) is very liberal.
Jersey City, New Jersey is very liberal.
Hudson 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.
Jersey City, 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 07310 (Jersey City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 446 contributions totaling $256,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $576 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $31,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)