The politics in 07626 Cresskill, NJ is a mixed bag due to its location in Bergen County. Located near the Hudson River, the town has been home to both Republicans and Democrats over the years. While there are no local political candidates currently representing the area, New Jersey State Senator Kevin O'Toole and Assemblyman Robert Auth are frequent visitors to the community giving their support to various civic organizations. Additionally, Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Josh Gottheimer, and Governor Phil Murphy often provide additional support for initiatives within this region. As a result of these efforts, Cresskill is a place that strives to maintain an atmosphere of open dialogue among all sides of any political debate.
The political climate in Zip 07626 (Cresskill, 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
Zip 07626 (Cresskill, NJ) is somewhat liberal.
Cresskill, New Jersey 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.
Cresskill, 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 07626 (Cresskill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 989 contributions totaling $869,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $879 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $111,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)