Ringwood, NJ is a town in Passaic County located in northern New Jersey. It has an active local government that takes part in many different political activities. The main governing body of Ringwood is the Township Council, which is made up of five council members who are elected at large by the citizens of Ringwood. The Mayor serves a four-year term and presides over the Council. There are also several local committees and boards that help advise on matters concerning Ringwood’s health, safety, and general welfare. In addition to local politics, Ringwood also participates in state and national elections. With a high voter turnout every election cycle, it is clear that the people of Ringwood take their political responsibilities seriously and understand the importance of engaging with their government.
The political climate in Ringwood, NJ is leaning liberal.
Passaic County, NJ is moderately liberal. In Passaic County, NJ 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Passaic county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Passaic county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ringwood, NJ is leaning liberal.
Passaic 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.
Ringwood, 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 Ringwood, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,348 contributions totaling $74,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $32,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)