Elmwood Park, NJ is a borough located in Bergen County. It is known for its diverse population and its small town feel. The political system in Elmwood Park is run by an elected Mayor and Council, who work together to ensure the borough’s needs are met. The mayor is elected every four years, while the council members serve three year terms. There are also committees that work on specific issues such as finance, health, public safety, and code enforcement. Each of these departments works hard to keep Elmwood Park running smoothly and provide its citizens with quality services. As a small town, politics in Elmwood Park are centered around local issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, education initiatives, and community development projects. Local candidates often focus on these topics when campaigning for office or discussing their vision for the borough’s future.
The political climate in Elmwood Park, 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
Elmwood Park, 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.
Elmwood Park, 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 Elmwood Park, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 245 contributions totaling $52,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $53,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,024 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)