Paramus, NJ has a long and varied political history. Located in Bergen County, Paramus is part of the 8th Congressional District, currently represented by Rep. Albio Sires. On the state level, Paramus is part of the 36th Legislative District which is represented by Assemblymembers Valerie Huttle and Gordon Johnson as well as Senator Joseph Lagana. In addition to their impressive legislative representation, Paramus also voted for Phil Murphy in 2017’s gubernatorial election.
On a local level, the mayor of Paramus is James Tedesco III who presides over a five-member town council made up of Mayor Pro Tempore Mary Amoroso, Councilman Richard LaBarbiera, Councilman Louis J. Cocuzza Jr., Councilwoman Susan Zellman and Councilwoman Maria Martynek. These representatives work together to make decisions that shape the future of Paramus and its residents on issues such as education, public safety and economic development.
The political climate in Paramus, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Bergen County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Bergen County, NJ 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bergen county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 41.1%.
Bergen county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paramus, NJ is somewhat liberal.
Bergen 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.
Paramus, 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 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 Paramus, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 926 contributions totaling $563,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 232 contributions totaling $207,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $893 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)