Saddle Brook, NJ is a small town located in northern New Jersey. It is home to a diverse population of roughly 12,400 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who are each elected to four-year terms. The mayor and council determine the local ordinances, budgets, and policies that affect the town’s residents. Citizens have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending public meetings, voicing their opinion on issues that matter to them, and by voting for their preferred candidates during local elections. The town also has various municipal boards in which citizens can serve as members or advisors on policy decisions. Saddle Brook prides itself on its commitment to civic engagement and encourages its community members to be active participants in local government.
The political climate in Saddle Brook, 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
Saddle Brook, 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.
Saddle Brook, 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 Saddle Brook, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 576 contributions totaling $31,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $20,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)