New Milford, NJ is a town located in Bergen County with a population of approximately 17,000 people. It has an active political community that is involved in the process of local government and contributes to the town’s culture. The town consists of five wards, each with its own representatives on the Town Council; these representatives are elected by local residents every three years. Additionally, there are members of the County Freeholders Board who also represent New Milford in countywide decisions. This board is comprised of seven members from various towns across Bergen County and is responsible for setting policies and budgets for all county agencies and departments. Local residents have multiple opportunities to engage in town politics, such as attending public hearings or participating in voter registration drives. Furthermore, there are multiple candidates running for office each election season – often from both major parties – allowing citizens to make their voices heard through their vote. Overall, New Milford has a strong political presence that makes it an important part of the local community.
The political climate in New Milford, 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
New Milford, 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.
New Milford, 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 New Milford, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 379 contributions totaling $48,058 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $18,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)