Mahwah, NJ is a town located in Bergen County. Its political landscape is shaped by the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Mayor and Council of Mahwah. The town’s Mayor and six Township Council members are elected to serve four-year terms. All elected officials are responsible for making decisions regarding the budget, infrastructure projects, development, public safety, health, education policies and more. In addition to local politics, Mahwah residents also participate in statewide elections for representatives in both the New Jersey Senate and Assembly. The people of Mahwah take their responsibilities as citizens seriously and are always looking out for what’s best for their community.
The political climate in Mahwah, NJ is leaning 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
Mahwah, NJ is leaning 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.
Mahwah, 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 Mahwah, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,915 contributions totaling $554,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 675 contributions totaling $276,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)