Garfield, New Jersey is a small city located in Bergen County. It is governed by an elected mayor and six elected council members. The local government works hard to make sure the citizens of Garfield are well represented and their needs are met. They have many initiatives in place such as community beautification projects and economic development programs. The city also has an active political scene with organizations like the Garfield Community Forum hosting debates between candidates during election season and offering opportunities for citizens to become involved in their local politics. In addition, there are many volunteer opportunities where residents can help out with various community events or projects that benefit all of Garfield’s citizens. Overall, politics in Garfield, NJ are very important to its residents and there are plenty of ways for people to get involved!
The political climate in Garfield, NJ is moderately 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
Garfield, NJ is moderately 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.
Garfield, 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 Garfield, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $38,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $17,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)