Warren, NJ is a township located in Somerset County and is home to approximately 15,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor being elected directly by the voters. Currently, the Mayor of Warren is Kelly Yaede and she has served since 2013. The municipal council consists of five members who are each elected at-large from their respective wards. Under the direction of the Mayor and Council, various boards and commissions provide input on policy decisions that affect local laws governing land use, health, education, crime prevention and other areas. In addition to these local government bodies, residents of Warren can participate in state and federal elections that shape policy at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 07059 (Warren, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Somerset County, NJ 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.5%.
Somerset county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 07059 (Warren, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Warren, New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
Somerset County, New Jersey is moderately 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.
Warren, New Jersey: r r 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 07059 (Warren)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,152 contributions totaling $449,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 512 contributions totaling $225,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)