Bergenfield, NJ is a borough located in the state of New Jersey. It has a thriving community that is heavily involved in local politics. In Bergenfield, residents have elected mayors and council members from both the Democratic and Republican parties who work together to represent the interests of their constituents. The Borough Council works to ensure that all citizens have access to resources such as quality education, public safety, and local infrastructure improvements. Additionally, Bergenfield also has several political action committees which focus on advocating for progressive causes such as environmental protection and social justice initiatives. Every election cycle brings out a variety of candidates running for office in Bergenfield, giving voters multiple opportunities to choose who they think will best represent them in their local government.
The political climate in Bergenfield, 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
Bergenfield, 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.
Bergenfield, 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 Bergenfield, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,536 contributions totaling $1,487,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 499 contributions totaling $365,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $733 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)