Oakland, NJ is a borough located in Bergen County that boasts a population of 11,914 citizens as of 2019. Its political landscape consists of two major parties; the Democratic and Republican Party. The local government is run by a mayor-council form of government which consists of the mayor and six council members who are elected at large for three-year terms. As the state legislature is also responsible for overseeing most matters in Oakland, NJ, residents may find themselves making their voices heard through various votes on local initiatives and ballot measures. Additionally, Oakland is home to a number of civic organizations and groups that actively engage in promoting civic responsibility and advocating for political change in the area. All in all, politics play an important role in life in Oakland NJ as there are many opportunities available to stay informed about current issues and get involved with the political process at a local level.
The political climate in Oakland, 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
Oakland, 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.
Oakland, 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 Oakland, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 724 contributions totaling $47,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $46,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)